Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

27 reviews

itszosia's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, and Suicide attempt

pabi's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 

Oh to be inside the mind of Harlan Ellison. The writing is lively and pungent. I was disturbed greatly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Weird short story.

Super messed up, but the plot concept is still one of the most intriguing things I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

luckygriffin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Jesus christ

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Do not read unless you can handle extreme psychological horror. The plot is driven by the torture of the main characters, and is disturbing to read.

random19379's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

kevin_brane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

revolutionfrommybed's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

This story is a hard read in general. It may well be one of the bleakest things I have ever read. The video game adaptation is worse. However, i truly believe if you are able to stomach the sensitive content, this book is definitely worth giving a chance.