Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

46 reviews

ohcae's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Highly recommend the audiobook (this is coming from a reformed audiobook hater)! Kirsten Potter put her foot into it. Unfortunately, once we got Kenzie's pov the book went downhill. Jennifer Hillier will never be a five-star author for me — her writing's tacky — but I won't stop trying to get a four-star. Thought I had it this time. 
Ranking so far: 
Things We Do In The Dark — 3.75 ★
Little Secrets — 2 ★★ 
Jar of Hearts — 1 ★ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Classism

s_poss22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Kidnapping

partypenguin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The way that all of the characters are flawed, and how their desperation exacerbates those flaws, makes them feel human. No plot driven protection. It all surprised me in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

erinkins's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

This took me a while to get into. However, the last hundred or so pages were really fast. I only sensed the twist right as it was happening and even then I didn’t see all of it coming. Overall I liked it but I wasn’t as knocked out as everyone else seems to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

naereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

readliketay's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A book hasn’t made me cry in a long time, especially a thriller. This book reminded me of how I felt finishing “Pretty Girls”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Death, and Drug use

mountainstobeach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was hard to read at first due to the content so I skimmed a bunch of the initial chapters. By the end I was hooked! I knew there was a twist coming so of course, k was looking for it and figured out at least part of it before it was revealed-but I did not figure out all of the mysteries and connections ahead of time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Grief

heatherbrt's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

melissadawson79's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

allthingsalicia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

What a read - for such an intense topic, the writing was beautifully heartbreaking. For the first half, you question where the book is going since the FMC’s grief is all consuming, but then…THEN part two completely changes the feeling, tone and direction of the book. I couldn’t put the book down after I hit the 2nd half of the book. Once the pieces started to fall together, the ending was somewhat predictable but still worth it. Highly recommend you read the content warnings for this book though, there’s a lot to unpack. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder