Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

9 reviews

septi's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Pandemic/Epidemic

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.5

Ah yes, the classic story of dad has son, dad and son have bad relationship, dad kills himself, son gets swallowed by whale. Ya just hate to see it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Body horror, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

The word sphincter was used an UNGODLY amount of times.

andreatypesbraille's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

tortle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic

timbercat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was tense and dramatic and incredibly gross. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

addnumbers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

tasnim_2000's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

tasnim_2000's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

whatlexisreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I don't even know how to put this into words. I liked the ending of the book, the beginning and middle were a bit confusing. I wish the first part had went by a bit quicker. Overall it was an interesting story, definitely different than my normal reads. When I saw it in my email I debated if I should even accept, but the summary was so intriguing I stuck it out. I will say there were a few times I probably would have abandoned the book had it not been for a review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the early copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt