Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

15 reviews

smolbeez's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

msradiosilence's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Self harm, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Suicide attempt, Violence, Cursing, Death, and Sexual content

rickvsthebooksagenda's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, and Cancer

sir_willyam's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

Psychological horror juxtaposed next to beautiful natural scenery, Annihilation focuses on the willfulness behind self-destruction, and the resistance of healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt, Cancer, Violence, Sexual content, Animal death, Terminal illness, and Murder

bedtimesnack's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Body horror

m_delaney's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide attempt

gowlstick's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Writing this review I have read Annihilation twice and I definitely would recommend going at the Southern Reach Trilogy for more than one read. If you decide that after a read through of this first one that you don't want to continue and that it may be too much that's alright! The trilogy does continue to develop but the others are somewhat separated and the first could possibly be treated like a standalone (like the movie).

It's definitely the kind of psychological that makes you stop and think. But as mentioned earlier it does get easier to follow and digest a second time around. Fantastically bizarre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide

zonboi's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Death, War, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt, Cancer, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

valent1ne's review

3.5

Interesting story, didn’t catch my attention enough for me to continue with the series but was enough to keep me reading til the end. Had a lot of elements I liked, might be one to come back to later on when I can give it my full attention.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

moonytoast's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

in conclusion: what the actual fuck???????

ok i'm officially hooked by this brilliantly crafted story and the unnerving, preternatural mystery of Area X and all the weird stuff with the Tower. i don't read a lot of sci-fi/horror or books that have a "mystery box"-esque plot, but this has singlehandedly won me over to the point i feel the intense urge to immediately read all of jeff vandermeer's backlist of fiction books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide