Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon

11 reviews

jj_tj's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Child death

Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

batcaves's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Infertility, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

uhhlexiconic's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

Detracting from the present by illuminating the past, the story barrels towards a rushed and unearned ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Infertility

paronomaniac's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

Not as good as The Children on the Hill imo, I found the character development in that one superior. Even so, this is a super solid horror read with a lot of suspense and a memorable sister relationship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, and Infertility

Minor: Suicide

jmbz38's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide

dumaurier's review

sad 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? Yes

3.25

both stories were mid as separate works, but the back and forth weakened the narratives considerably. the ending is rushed and disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcoholism, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide and Terminal illness

jessthemess222's review

dark emotional sad medium-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

Like many spooky books, this one didn’t gel for me. The characters were generally  unlikable, and the crucial “denial that there’s something supernatural happening” piece was not handled well. (There’s a fine line between making believable tension here and making the characters seem too gullible or too stubborn. I managed to think the characters in this were both.) Things are creepy but there’s never any actual sense of menace or danger. The end is abrupt and doesn’t really resolve the haunting, which isn’t fully explained at any point. Overall meh. I will read another by her but if it’s not better I wouldn’t read a third. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Suicide, and Alcohol

bronteberry's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

jerusha's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Terminal illness, and Self harm