Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Country Will Bring Us No Peace by Matthieu Simard

9 reviews

elyssajoh's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abortion

liltakeawaygirl's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Abandonment

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

this was like nothing i’ve read before. this was very unique, moody, and always had be asking questions. it kind of felt like a fever dream.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

abbeyholland's review against another edition

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

3.0

The author did an amazing job of making this feel really eerie and it was a quick read but it’s not at all the book I was expecting from the blurb. It was marketed as a horror with strange town vibes where the folks are weird and disappearing but it ended up being about a couple who are having marital problems after losing a baby - it was really a depressing read to be honest!

It felt like a lot of plot points weren’t really tied together. The townspeople started being rude and there was lots of talk about the antenna but it was never linked so I’m not sure

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

hippea's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I think this would’ve been marginally better if I could read French; it felt like some of the prose was lost to translation. 

That being said, this was super underwhelming & kinda felt like a high schoolers attempt at writing ominous literary horror. Extremely choppy and disorganized with really promising passages every so often. The premise makes the antennae seem much more important than it is, and there is very little horror in this book. why people are recommending this in horror lists is beyond me. even calling it a thriller is tenuous. it’s mostly just depressing & makes less than 200 pages feel endless in a bad way 

not for me. also, this isn’t included in the rating but the ebook formatting was ABYSMAL; not sure who to talk to about that but yeah. did not do the cover or the typeface justice

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Infidelity and Abortion

townofherons's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

kimberleydawn's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Devastating but doesn’t leave you depressed. Hopefully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

actuallyalostboy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

It's a dark and heavy subject matter but the book itself it pretty light. By his writing style and tone, the author makes you feels the emotions without dragging you down with the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide