Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan

7 reviews

theninth's review against another edition

challenging inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

beccamarriner's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

From Part 1 I had such high hopes for this book but threnody I read, the less engaged I became. From my expectations of the blurb, I feel like some individual stories of the book could have been eliminated and the outcome would have been the same. There were some I loved as they featured the dark, twisted side to Edinburgh that I was hoping for but ultimately I don’t think the building of no. 10 luckenbooth close was enough of a common thread to link stories together. It felt odd to me that each story had a specified year as I felt they were often overlooked unless there was a mention of war of lava lamps. As someone who lives in Edinburgh, I loved the visuals of the city that appeared in Fagan’s writing as I believe she captured the closes and Christmas chaos but it wasn’t enough overall for me to rate this book higher or become excited about reading more chapters.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War

egmamaril's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual content

lexa_oxford's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is a really interesting one where the house is practically a main character itself, and we follow its multiple tenants across a century. I found some of the stories much more engaging than others, and almost wished that a couple of the stories had been cut to expand on the ones that really told an over-arching message which Fagan really wanted to get across. Also she did a lot of telling rather than showing, which I felt was a shame.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Child death and Alcohol

Minor: Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

alisonannk's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Suicide attempt

cosypuck's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Domestic abuse