Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

13 reviews

millyfox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Self harm, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and Child death

josefineisreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I mean I’m glad I read it. As another reviewer said it was like an info dump, an absolute overload of information. The plot moved along slowly that I really had to force myself to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

jeanne05's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Death of parent and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

pabi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Excrement, Animal death, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

kirstinbuchan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

phantomgecko's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

4.25

Do you like novels that also infodump? Are you interested in zoos, cast away survival, or religion? I didn't expect to learn so much about those things, but I was delighted when it happened. It slows the pace down dramatically, but I like learning about things this way.

If I'd read this instead of listening to it, I'd've probably cried. It is a heartwrenching story while still being inspiring and hopeful. The ending left me feeling a little bereaved. Tbh, that's one of my favorite ways for a novel to leave me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Excrement, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry

ezrazoe4's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

Surprisingly, I really liked this book- I liked its humour and animal trivia, and I enjoy the hunting and gathering elements. Though I suppose that is typical for a castaway book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Animal death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

sarahjdnr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, and Grief

Minor: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Cannibalism

doctormon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad tense slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Animal death

Moderate: Gore and Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sonlight21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book was very interesting. I enjoyed the beginning but the farther I got the darker and more gruesome it went. I can understand how this reflects the descent of the mind as a survivor stranded on the ocean will do anything just to live but it was very hard to read. The end is very disturbing and I skimmed over most of the second story Pi tells. 

It is truly an interesting book but please be aware of the content warnings and go in expecting some weird, challenging and dark things. 

Another note is I did not enjoy or appreciate how this book portrayed religion or Christianity. It seems to be written by someone who has studied religion form the outside but never been apart of it and does not understand it nor believe in God.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Dysphoria, Excrement, Medical trauma, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts