Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Der merkwürdige Fall von Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

32 reviews

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Body horror

paintinyourwing'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm not sure where to start here... This was not what I expected at all! I can't exactly explain how this is a 5 star read for me because that youl spoil the entire book - even if pretty much everyone knows what the story is about. 
What really sold me on this was exactly that: I thought I knew the story, and in a way I did but it goes so much deeper. The POV it's written in + the way the book and chapters are structured just keep you guessing until the very end. 
The writing is amazing and easy to understand and follow; considering when it was written, and there is a bit of wordplay and even some humour in there (though I'm not sure if that was intended). 
What I loved the most is that it doesn't leave any loose threads, the last chapter answers every question - even those I didn't think to ask. 
The ending had my mind blown, in all honesty... I listened to the audiobook and had to repeat the last few minutes 3 times and I just absolutely loved it! Speaking of the audiobook; the version I listened to was read by David Barnes - and WOW that was a great choice! His pronunciation, accent and overall tone of voice was just perfect for this story. His tempo was a little slow but that rather added a layer of calm tension in my opinion. 
It's a short (audio-)book at about 3h, and would be at 2,5h at 1,5x speed without sounding odd, according to other comments I've seen. Aka it wouldn't be a big waste of time even if you didn't love it so I'd still highly recommend it!
If I did go into the story more I'd probably still sit here tomorrow so I'll leave it at this: there's many more layers to the story than I thought and the more I listened, and the more I'm thinking about it now, the more I figure out and it's still mind boggling to me! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Drug use and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

david_slack110507's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was written a long time ago. I can tell because I almost had a nosebleed. The English way of writing was old, but I truly enjoyed it. DID in the good old days. I of course found the murders by  Edward Hyde problematic, but I guess, he was made like that in contrast with Dr. Henry Jekyll. I liked that they were distinct in appearance, morality, and tone of voice. The audiobook companion made the story a hundred times better. Great narrator✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, and Murder

londonsetterby's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism

calamityin's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

minzzi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

  I think this book was so famous in it's time because no one knew the ending, 'cause once you know the twist the whole story becames kinda meh.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

infinitefandomstrash's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

divine529's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

What a brilliant story. 

This is a tale that is well known by many, and also somewhat polarizing about a lawyer and his friend Dr. Jekyll and the mysterious and unusual events that happen around him, often dealing with a man named Mr. Hyde. This story details the events and investigation into them. 

I wasn't so sure I was completely sold on this at first, but once I reached the end I realized the brilliance of it all. I loved the philosophy and really thought-provoking nature of this book and the suspense was excellent. 

This is definitely one I plan on revisiting in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Dysphoria

spooderman's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse