Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding

71 reviews

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kristenisreading's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

jcinf's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

After my last few books had 70+ page chapters, it was nice reading something with short chapters again. I finished this book in 2-3 days. 

I enjoyed the plot, most of the characters, and (again) the short chapters. 

I will say, I had my suspicions from the start that

Jesse was a bad man. Never trust a love bomber, lol.

and I was right. Predicting that didn’t make it any less enjoyable for me, though. If the author didn’t want readers to make the hypothesis on their own, that could’ve been remedied by slower pacing. But I like fast-paced books and have been desperately in need of one. So I think it’s good as is. 

I liked that there were twists without it being confusing or hard to follow. That’s a trap a lot of thrillers fall into, and it ends up docking stars for me when they do that. 

The main critique I have is that I felt like one of the main characters pieced some things together too easily almost. You almost have to suspend disbelief about that in order to enjoy it. But I do feel like the ending kind of packages that up more nicely. 

I’d recommend this to anyone who enjoys thrillers!

Note: heavy trigger warnings for everything I tagged. Especially on abuse and DV. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Misogyny, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kaywho's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Couple of the twists caught me off guard. Really liked the ending, although was definitely different than how I thought it was going to play out. Kept me on my toes for sure. I enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

cardenasjamiee's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt

briana_elaine's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Still processing this read, but the twists and turns really got me emotional. I’m reminded how heartless and cunning someone can be. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Slavery, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

lillypad827's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

I picked this up as kind of a pallet cleanser in between heavier books. It was exactly what I needed! Fast-paced but kept me guessing and enthralled the whole time. Good twists I didn’t see coming and a validating ending for our two protagonists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

ashley_bookbestie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I devoured this book! The Drowning Woman switched between the perspectives of 2 women, Lee a homeless woman down on her luck and living out of her car and Hazel, a rich housewife who claims she is being abused by her husband. The 2 women form an unlikely bond when Lee rescues Hazel from drowning and prevents her from ending her life. 

I loved the dual character perspectives. There were times that we, the reader, knew what was happening before the other characters. I found myself rooting for both Lee and Hazel a happy ending. Parts of this story had me questioning what was the truth and what was the lie! 

This book had everything I LOVE in a thriller.. mystery, suspense, plot twists, unreliable characters, drama, short cliffhanger chapters! I would totally recommend to anyone that likes a good thriller that is equal parts, plot and character driven!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Suicide attempt

acalla7's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.75

It’s not that I didn’t like this book, it’s just that I felt it didn’t bring anything new to the thriller table. I predicted most of the twists and it wasn’t as entertaining as I was anticipating. I was not very invested in what was happening with these characters either. Just a standard unlikely friendship with one being in a abusive behind the door marriage. If I hadn’t read so many thrillers in my time I probably would’ve liked it more but it didn’t shock me at all

except for the plot point of Jesse/ Carter having a hand in so much more than I guessed as a reader.

It was ok

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Suicide attempt

kyrie's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A feminist thriller with a hella good plot twist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Dementia