Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Kisscut by Karin Slaughter

28 reviews

ksuppes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

My first time reading a Karin Slaughter novel, and I really enjoyed this! I couldn’t put it down once i got into it, and the story was very captivating and well written. The only reason I marked this a 4.5 rather than a 5 is i wasn’t sure where the authors standing on the character of Sibyl’s sexuality. I couldn’t decipher whether the homophobia towards her was just the character of Lena’s thoughts on her, or the author’s actual opinion. So because of that, i knocked a .5 from my rating! 

Didn’t realise this was the second book in the series until i started reading, but i will now be picking up the rest of the series as I think the writing and characters are very interesting! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

janachigo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Dementia, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

porshainielsen'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? It's complicated

3.75

Another book I lost sleep over. 

The continued relationships in this book are excellent and so is the character development. I am going to rate this book 3.75 for a few reasons. I know that this was published nearly 20 years ago, but a lot of the discussion around genital mutilation lacked nuance. The ending was completely unsatisfactory in the way that it just so happened that Jenny became obsessed with it and wanted it for herself (I understand it was to stop the abuse). The twists in this series have so far been very well executed but this was a little tougher for me to go along with. I also didn’t really care for Lena’s character. From being a shitty cop, a shitty friend to Sara and being homophobic, it made it hard for me to have empathy for her in her monologue with Mark. 

Overall, still really enjoyed the crimes and character dynamics. Hopefully this case resolves over the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy

lealovesbooks's review against another edition

dark

2.5

This one was rough. Probably would have skipped if I had read the trigger warnings first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

dragonwithagirltattoo's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

gabrielle_vr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, and Suicide attempt

flavours_of_fiction's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

arcaneoddity's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

lisettemarie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Death of parent