Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders

42 reviews

daniscorner's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Suicide, and Gaslighting

willow2342's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

capriqueen's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A very good thriller, had me very stressed out especially because of all the gaslighting. I wanted to shake Jo at times because she just believed whoever told her anything and didn’t really think critically, but also I sympathize because I think I would be like that too in this situation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, and Suicide

whitneyfoster's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The characters were not likeable, not even the main character, but I’d still give it 5 stars because of the emotional roller coaster ride! I love how the pacing was faster and didn’t take too long to establish the characters and get into the meat of the story. If someone asks me what a psychological thriller is, I’d recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

kind of a cliffhanger ending, would like a sequel

mnesaw's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

herelieshenry's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

0.75

The first 75% was frustrating, but at least competent as far as a domestic thriller goes. The last 25% was however shaping up to be a very solid ending—the last scene, where there’s a second twist, however, ruined it for me.

The narrative clearly showed Richard as a manipulative, garbage husband, and I find the concept of Chloe’s motivation ridiculous; that was part of why I disliked the first 75%, but the way the ending with her grandmother nails it in is ridiculous. Overall, it makes Chloe feel like a weird misogynistic caricature. There’s also a lot of ableist sentiment throughout the book from pretty much every character. In particular, as someone who has been institutionalized and traumatized by it, the lense used to portray Chloe as having to either have been evil or falsely sent there was very stigmatizing and just kind of hurt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Suicide, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

martieliz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

_msmarian_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Wow. WOW. WOWW.

I have no words to really describe the rollercoaster of emotions that I went through while reading this book! It's a proper mind boggler, to say the least.

While the reader may start formulating who the villain is, it's impossible to really know until the very end.

Probably one of the best paychological thrillers I've EVER read!

HIGHLY recommend this fast-paced page turner if you're interested in this genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

ana92's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Gaslighting

young_luna's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was a good, fun, interesting read that kept me guessing until the end. I wouldn’t call it a masterpiece by any means or even one of the best thrillers, but it’s a great read for spooky season. And a good palette cleanser 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, and Suicide