Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Lisey's Story by Stephen King

4 reviews

snowhite197's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Self harm, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, Medical content, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Stalking

mxpringle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

This book absolutely broke me. It is the best representation of trauma and mental illness that I've ever read, and because of this, it completely and utterly broke me. What makes this Stephen King book scary isn't the supernatural elements in it (which definitely exist within it), but the sheer concept of being constantly tormented by the monsters inside the human mind for the rest of one's life.  It was such a difficult read, but so incredible that I will probably think about it for years. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Confinement, Self harm, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Pedophilia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

dakotahrey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was really sad.

Scott never got the closure and true happiness he desperately needed for his extremely painful childhood. It haunted him physically.

It started off really slow, I read the first couple of pages and put off reading it for weeks, but when it finally started picking up I finished it pretty quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Blood, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

felofhe's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence