Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

10 reviews

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Death, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Alcoholism

Minor: Cancer

shermansays's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: War, Death, and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Genocide, Suicide, Gun violence, Sexism, and Medical content

mlewis's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Gore, Murder, War, Violence, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

grahamjpark's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

actualophelia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

For a book whose story I feel like I understand so little, it really manages to hit something. Not sure what my emotional reaction is, but it's sure something! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Medical content, and Terminal illness

hot_water's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

solanum's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Gore

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

kburn15's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Started off very slow but picked up towards the end of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kmartinolich's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

tylawrencium's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

The first half of the book is a bit of a slog--you're spending a lot of time with a main character whose main personality traits are laziness and (I would describe it as) misogyny. Luo Ji just isn't as compelling or complex of a central character as Ye Wenjie was in the first novel.
That said, once things really start moving halfway through, the plot picks up and the book dives again into the big-picture, sci-fi/sociological ideas that Cixin Liu is so brilliant for. The payoff is definitely worth it, but this one is more of a slog than the first book to get there.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, War, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Terminal illness and Car accident