Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

174 reviews

readermann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Blood

sambiina's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death

corriejn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.5

Gaiman's typical engaging, quirky/creative storytelling (real world setting with fantasy elements). A very enjoyable shorter novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death and Child abuse

crusoe's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Disclaimer: my experience of the book may be tainted by my reaction to the recent allegations brought against Neil Gaiman. I started reading this book before I became aware of these allegations. 

The ocean at the end of the lane is quite dark for a fantasy novel and it sits in a weird spot between an adult and children's novel. This was also the case for Stardust (a different story by Gaiman) but there I did not notice it as much because the story was a little less dark. 

Overall, the story was okay. The magical elements were great, but it took a while to get to these and the main character was quite bland in my opinion. I liked the theme of how growing into an adult does not make you all-powerful or even very different from being a child. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, and Suicide

amandaamodeo's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

1.5

I guess I just don’t get the hype 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death and Suicide

julia__tabea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Suicide

meanbeanreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Suicide

samchase112's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content