Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

224 reviews

morganthecarrot's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Rape, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexism, Death, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Racism, Infertility, War, and Torture

sashtastic3's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.5

A very good book. The story telling was interesting as was the dark horrific plot. The only thing that bothered me was the lack of indication of who was speaking and the lack of quotation marks in the book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Slavery, Abortion, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

alexthelion260's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Violence, Infertility, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Confinement, and Alcohol

ieotter13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

this book has been on my TBR list for a while and it was definitely something I’m glad I read - all criticism of the book (diversity, etc) is extremely valid, but Atwood is still able to write a compelling story that in some ways seems not too far off from our current political system. i listened to this book via audiobook and given the “historical notes” at the end it actually felt more accurate to the story to read it that way. regardless, worth the read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Infidelity, Death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Infertility, Genocide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Racism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pregnancy, Suicide, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Antisemitism

hleary's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, Rape, Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

frenandjen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

twyla's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

marmorienkeli's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

Very slow in the beginning, hard to grasp. The first like 200
pages nothing really happens, but maybe that is just the way the book was intended to be. At the end the story became interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

ppp's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Trafficking, War, Infertility, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault

luziesofie's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Vomit