Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

87 reviews

kjlewis494's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

mikileann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I was mentally preparing myself to absolutely not like this book, as the movie was such a flop. However, I was quickly whiplashed as the story took unpredictable twists and turns. My anxiety was with them the entire time. This book is definitely not for the faint of heart, there are many gruesome scenes which is why I’ve included such a strong content warning— some were so incredibly shocking that I had to put the book down to compose myself. This book is such a thriller, and I highly recommend to anyone looking to be on the edge of your seat the entire time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

btemplet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

bequest's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I’m still trying to figure out if I think this was a “good” book, or if it just relies on cheap thrills. Either way, I couldn’t put it down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

blackraven672's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Violence

theelizabethjoy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is very well-written. I put off watching the movie until I could read the book. The internal monologue of Malorie was very annoying and almost made me DNF but the story itself prevailed and made me push through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Abortion

opplecopter's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

smilereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

Absolutely gripping

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

earth2shari's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide