Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

146 reviews

elena_ms's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

retros_x's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

In the first half I thought it was a mediocre 3/5 contemporary novel about a woman with midlife crisis moving to the big city. Witty, funny, very explicit, but nothing special. But halfway in the book, this completely turns. Even the writing becomes more associative, jumpy. I really loved the second half, although it was not very subtle with the foreshadowing for the final chapter. Kinda wished it would've been a bit more subtle with its symbols and themes. But I was completely intrigued by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Its very explicit.

17kmcollins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

maddielza's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

kit_cat55's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

0.5

This was not at all what the book description leads you to believe. I struggled so hard to get through it. It became unbelievably graphic and unnecessarily so. None of the characters were likable or redeemable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

jaderbugz's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

1.75

this book was crazy. at first, this seemed like a funny, crazy book. but as it went on, it was harder to like Lucy even a little bit.

she’s a shit friend to her suicidal friend Claire, drugged her sister’s dog so she can have the weirdest sex with a merman… there’s only so many things you can defend.

 

anyways… there are things i’ve read that i wish i never read. i’m glad my friend read it with me so we have shared trauma from this book together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

rousse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

4.25

This is classic Melissa Broder. I always enjoy her gritty depictions of rough emotions. This one was challenging for me though. I'm just not into mermen, sorry. Definitely not my favorite book of hers, but I do appreciate it, and I'm glad that I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

alex_wordweaver's review against another edition

sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I didn't really enjoy this book at all. I first picked it up because I found it on a list of queer books. It definitely had some queer undertones, but the MC Lucy's voice/internal monologue and her actions to deal with her problems just grated on me so much. I think the only person (creature?) I kind of liked was Theo the merman and Dominic the dog. Dominic also deserved better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

mollyrosekk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

linda_ws's review

dark reflective medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent