Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

14 reviews

magbigler's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child abuse

_bookbug's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Trafficking and Abortion

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Abandonment

micheala's review against another edition

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

4.25

For some reason when I started reading this book I was convinced that it was a standalone, and I was worried with the pacing. Turns out it's book 1 in a trilogy. 

This book is fairy short (especially for an adult fantasy) at only 288 pages, so the fact that it took til page 92 (32%) to get to the end of the blurb, wasn't my favourite. If your going to have a slow paced book, I personally prefer that it be a much longer book - like 500+ pages. 

I also didn't necessarily love that we have 3.5 POVs (3 main ones and 1 occasional) Like, yes they all felt like they were adding to the story, but again with it being so short, it felt like too much - particularly once they were travelling as a group. 

I did really enjoy the worldbuilding and character progression - we had one character I didn't like in the beginning that grew on me, and another that I liked, then hated, then started to warm back up to by the end.  

I am a little concerned for the second book, in that if it's paced in the same way I don't think we are going to get any plot resolutions. And if we don't get any plot resolutions, then why is it a trilogy and not a duology? Essentially, if the books are going to be smaller than average, you really need to sell me on why there needs to be more smaller books then fewer longer books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Eating disorder, Genocide, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent