Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

457 reviews

book_h0e's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Rape, and Violence

fionamatilda's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Dementia, Racism, Animal death, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

czoltak's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

I’m officially done with Grady Hendrix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Animal death, Blood, and Child death

corrin_takara's review

dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Dementia, Body horror, Cancer, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

phleming's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Body horror, Vomit, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

kier26's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Child abuse, Blood, Toxic friendship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Cursing, Car accident, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Murder, Gore, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Stalking, Sexism, and Drug use

asperomari's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

2.0

Thought I was gonna get a bunch of badass southern moms fighting vampires like The Lost Boys: milf edition. But this, certainly wasn’t that. 

I’m not gonna say it’s bad because it wasn’t, but it was definitely underwhelming. The story had so much potential but it fell flat because for most of the book NOTHING HAPPENED. 

By far the most infuriating thing about this book is the incredibly stupid actions of the book club members. You’re telling me that this group of women who spend their free time reading true crime and are very knowledgeable about the psychology and behaviour of serial killers are just going to completely disregard all that knowledge when they’re faced with one? Even going as far as comparing him to Ted Bundy then going, ‘Nah, I’m just gonna ignore this.’ 
As someone who went through a phase of loving true crime themself, if that man was my neighbour, I’d move.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Gaslighting, Body horror, Rape, Blood, Gore, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Animal death, Drug use, Medical trauma, Sexism, and Racism

there is a graphically detailed scene in which two people and a dog are attacked by a swarm of rats, it is incredibly graphic and disturbing. There is also a scene in which a cockroach crawls inside a person’s ear while they’re hiding and unable to move, once they can move they cannot pull the cockroach out so they kill it inside their ear.

witbeyndmehsure's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexism, Gore, Body horror, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Rape

biddy_mackenzie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Death, Child death, Child abuse, and Blood

morag's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

This is Grady Hendrix at his best. A highly effective horror novel that tackles class, race, and sexism through a tale about a vampire infiltrating an upper class southern neighborhood in the eighties.

Everything about this novel works. The characters are each distinct, rounded, fully-realized people with their own lives and struggles. The setting feels real, not just a backdrop for the characters. The villain is chilling and infuriatingly devious. The tone and pacing are carefully crafted to create the perfect roller coaster of fear and dread.

This book is great because it makes you feel. All the dread, the disgust, the hopelessness, the terror - I've rarely ever been affected by a book like this before. You really feel like you're experiencing all these things with the characters instead of just observing them. A lot of this can be attributed to how well-crafted and real the characters feel. The villain is a prime example of this. This is one of the few times in my life where I've ever felt genuine hatred and fear towards a fictional villain. Though the same could be said for the main character's husband. Christ, that fucker. I had to put the book down multiple times because the husband specifically made me want to start punching holes in the drywall.

Grady Hendrix peaked with this book. A must-read for any horror fan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Child death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny