Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

50 reviews

lilarose's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Alcohol

corpseparty'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? Yes

4.5

Wow this book blew me away!! A tense story with an unexpected ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

hannanni41's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment

dromedaryreader's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really loved this book. My favorite of the year so far. The dialogue is great and the story flows very well. Wasn't a fan of the blog post style writing in a few chapters or else it would be 5 stars. Overall so good and I love that the ending is so open to interpretation that most people disagree about who is really the one at fault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Forcing the reader to decide their own truth based on multiple forms of unreliable narration--by a child, through memory, from television and blog posts--A Head Full of Ghosts wears its influences proudly and finds a chilling tale in familiar material.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

readbycarina's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

honeyenbee's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

eep's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.25

I absolutely hated this book. Its depiction of mental illness is harmful and gross. The author's attempts to be self-aware ultimately fail, and it follows every horrible part of 'possession'. The premise is a bit interesting, and could have worked if the author delved further into the effects of the TV show on the family, specifically Marjorie.

... and didn't have Marjorie ultimately kill herself and her parents, leaving her baby sister to rot..

When the main question of a book is "Is this character possessed or mentally ill?", it's hard to find anything likable about it. It's annoyingly written, and is essentially just trauma porn.

If you're looking for well written horror with investigation of mental illness at the forefront, I highly suggest The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. As a person with mental-illness, that book was almost comforting and beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug abuse

As a mentally-ill person, this book was incredibly triggering and harmful.

livimw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis