Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

38 reviews

glutenfreebread's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

ejr1904's review against another edition

4.25

This is a good book. It is nostalgic with strong character development. The twists and turns dont feel ridiculous or contrived. Its fast paced and engaging. The main character is very odd and the last chapter really disorients the reader but they were more developed than a lot of characters you find in books today. It seemed as important to the author that we know these characters rather than know just the events. Still incredibly gripping though. 

With that in mind, im really repulsed by the slurs littered throughout (really wanted to pay homage to Stephen King I suppose). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

litalia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

blouviere4's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Physical abuse, Dementia, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

megpadams's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Lots of thoughts! 

• Wtf was that ending! I low key expected it because there were hints all the way through but it was so sudden! 
• I really wanted it to turn out to be supernatural 
• Still not entirely sure about the dreams- trauma or was Ed starting to show symptoms of dementia like his dad? 
• Did we ever find out who was murdered in the playground a few generations before?
• Was the traveller man at the fair actually the reverend? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

anisans's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Rape

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was weird in the best way. The ending creeped me out but after having read the entire book, I couldn’t even be that shocked. The story illuminates how no matter how good we try to be or claim to be, we all do bad things and some of us do more heinous things than others.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

richardw2024's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm

ollie_again's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

erinashems's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Rape

Moderate: Suicide

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