Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

49 reviews

camillac17's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

dunecello's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-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

4.5

Thrilling and thought-provoking exploration into the philosophies surrounding what memory is, what time is, and who we are if not for our memory.
I did my dissertation in neuroscience on the cellular basis of learning, and was impressed by Crouch's convincing job of describing experiments that would be on the cutting edge of this field. As for the rest of the science in this novel, suspending disbelief is required, but is certainly worth it. Keeping track of what was going on was a good brain exercise and it paid off in spades as the story became more and more complex and the stakes became incredibly high. When things got crazy, I found myself flying through the pages in excitement.
This novel reads like an action movie, and I'd love to see it on the big screen. Anyone who enjoyed PKD's We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (Total Recall) and/or Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life (Arrival) should surely check this one out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

isacarvalho91's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Dementia, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

jasminechocklettslee's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and War

menziesreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Sets the bar for upping the ante. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

karenreadsbooks's review

challenging emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

icieri's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

saskiahill's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, and Car accident

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

tungstenmouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This highly cinematic novel definitely has highs and lows. It’s a fascinating exploration of the connection between time and memory. For a long time I was completely riveted by this but I hit a wall at the 75% mark. One of the main issues the book has is that set up takes so much time and the repetition (yes, that’s in the title but still) get old fast. I found myself almost forcing the reading through some bits. But the overall story is pretty amazing! It was definitely worth the read and I had a much better opinion by the end of the book. If you like movies and/or thrillers you will love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use