Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

13 reviews

spaghettii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

The ending was an interesting choice

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, and Vomit

beereadingbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

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

5.0

Beautiful, tense deep dive into some really nuanced and interesting characters. Love the setting, love the leads. I want to kiss them on the forehead. I want to study them like lab rats. 

I support women’s wrongs

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

opinkb's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Body horror, Death of parent, Vomit, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, and Blood

eldritch_archivist's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

Gave me real life anxiety reading this, absolutely shitting myself during the back half. I'm now much more afraid to read more books by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Gaslighting, Suicide, Classism, and Cursing

hybridpubscout's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide and Vomit

talonsontypewriters's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Gaslighting, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Murder, Abandonment, Vomit, and Classism

Minor: Suicide and Excrement

Nonconsensual drugging, loss of bodily autonomy. Overdose. Hallucinations, paranoia, surveillance, unreality. Descriptions of bodies in various states of decay. Limb loss.

ariet's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I picked this book up as my book to work on throughout the week, but Caitlin Starling kept me glued to my kindle all night. 

Quick plot summary: Gyre, our protagonist, accepts a job caving big enough to let her escape her home planet. Things go downhill. 

I love the small cast style. While we see a few other characters in bits and pieces, The Luminous Dead really focuses in on our caver, Gyre, and her handler

and daughter obsessed with the loss of her parents in said cave

Em. While often a small cast can feel tedious, Caitlin uses it to her advantage to build the sense of isolation and tension. 

There's a fair amount of body horror, and those who are squicked by thoughts of claustrophobic spaces or being trapped should probably avoid this one, but if those aren't serious turn-offs, I'd definitely pick it up.

Other random things I love(spoilers):

wlw and a somewhat hopeful ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Abandonment and Suicide

hyliansee's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

if mommy issues were a book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

dusty_mothman's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gore, Medical trauma, and Suicide