Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

19 reviews

bexi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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I knew I was in for a weird time because I saw the movie adaptation in theaters before I knew it was a book. The book is just as weird and perplexing, if not more. I'm not interested enough to continue with the series, but I might try some other books by the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gun violence, and Suicide

Minor: Cursing and Cancer

znvisser's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

Went into this book knowing I wouldn’t get any answers and therefore I was able to enjoy this wonderful, weird experience. Usually not a fan of scenery descriptions but the writing and/or biology perspective certainly made it more interesting. Throughout I was speculating along with the biologist (and at some point, hallucinating with her too, reading one of my ideas into it and realising later I misread) and formed many theories that may or may not be true. Very intriguing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer

bibliosexual's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Animal death, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer and Alcoholism

entityj's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death and Gore

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Violence

zonboi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Death, War, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt, Cancer, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

parisreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Grief and Suicidal thoughts

_forestofpages's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

The atmosphere, tension, the sense of dread and the mystery, and the prose were enthralling all the way through. However, this was missing deep characters and character development. I didn't root for anyone or really care about anyone. If you are looking for stron  characters or a protagonist to root for, look elsewhere.

Great atmosphere. Perfect for cosmic horror fans, and just generally existential. I will be thinking about this for long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Gun violence, and Suicide

lettigirl101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

I really don’t know what to think of this book. It is complex. Read it and you’ll know what I mean.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual content