Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Harrow la Nona by Tamsyn Muir

116 reviews

bhard07's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and War

sourcherrysyrup's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Tamsyn Muir really shows incredible range with this book. I felt like I was wading through the character’s mind, suffering alongside her and just as confused and lost as she was. The way she slowly reveals the circumstances of the story to both her characters and readers is genius. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicide and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

isaaah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and War

margotnaut's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cannibalism

cuteasamuntin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Medical content

lunarkris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sammy357's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I actually love how the book is s jumble of confusing half-truths, flashbacks that are so plainly false, and the most unreliable narrator to ever narrate. Really puts you in Harrow's shoes. But unfortunately my brain wasn't big enough to keep up with the first act or two. Maybe the second readthrough will give me a better fighting chance.
The last 30% or so when we (the readers) and Harrow find out what's going on was so good. And I love how Muir writes different povs. I recommend the audiobook they did an amazing job.
Favorite quotes:
"You sawed open your skull rather than be beholden to someone. You turned your brain to soup to escape anything less than 100% freedom. You put me in a box and buried me rather than give up your goddamn agenda. Harrowhark, I gave you my whole life and you didn't even want it."
"You know it was killing me twice that you weren't there right? You must know it was destroying me to be there in your body trying to keep you thumbs on and I couldn't even hear your damn voice."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Suicide, Cannibalism, and War

Graphic: Hallucionations Brief mention/description of amputation and lobotomy. Minor: necrophilia

arysuh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

À la première lecture, je n’ai pas aimé le roman. C’était tellement différent de Gideon que j’étais à deux doigts d’abandonner. Je suis heureuse d’avoir tenu bon et de l’avoir réécouté et relu à l’aulne des révélations faites dans le dénouement. 
Pour l’instant, c’est pour moi le plus difficile à lire des trois publiés à cause des thèmes abordés de ce qui arrive à Harrow, de ce qui lui est infligé.
Et dire qu’on pensait dans GtN qu’elle menait sa barque ! 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

kelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

eldane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Just when I thought the first book was mind-boggling, the second arrived and knocked my teeth out with no warning whatsoever. This is one of those books you have to be patient with as it rips your heart out, even if you don't understand why. Muir does something excellent in writing the most poignant scenes with the most bizarre descriptions and then adding a line of dialogue that is so snappy and crude and brilliant you can't help but laugh. The story is dense and put together like Frankenstein's monster, but you are rewarded with delicious, jaw-dropping answers that will have you frothing at the mouth for the next book (Nona, when I catch you...when I catch you, Nona). I loved how expansive and epic this story was while also being heartbreakingly raw and intimate. Harrow's grief and PTSD is dealt with in a way that is honest and unflinching, and the narrative does not begrudge her for being in mourning. There is something about the way that Muir weaves in all these references and allusions, hauntingly reminiscent of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, that makes me want to scream into a pillow because it's so bloody brilliant. Well done. I am ready to get hurt again.
 

Featuring: 

• Space necromancers
• The most unexpected “Hi, blank. I’m Dad” joke you’ll ever encounter
• Everyone is sad and angry
• “I wish you would die” (affectionate)
• “It was all a dream” except the dream was the complex parallel universe you made in the afterlife to pretend that your trauma didn’t happen
• The all-consuming souls of murdered planet-creatures (???)
• Hell is real and it’s a mouth with too many tongues (literal)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content and Abandonment