Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Die Traumdiebe by Cherie Dimaline

15 reviews

sofiaostpchk's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

3.0

- I didn’t really like the book: the idea is great, but poorly executed
- I think the main problem is that there’s too much going on (I don’t understand why Wab had such an elaborate backstory, and then it served almost no purpose)
- anyways, it was okay

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

cheesepuppy's review against another edition

dark reflective sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Death and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Child death

gdobson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, and Hate crime

Minor: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Animal death and Rape

annalisaely's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed going along with the characters as they fought and ran and hid for their survival. The wold building was upsettingly believable. I really enjoyed the main character most of the time, except when he was a sexist possessive ass near the end and was then forgiven for it without actually apologizing. I liked several of the other characters a lot, especially Rose and Minerva. Though, it was really frustrating when the characters kept going to sleep without leaving someone up to watch, like happens in 3/4 of all fantasy novels where the characters are camping whilst hiding from baddies, and repeatedly kept waking up at gunpoint, and never learned maybe they shouldn't all sleep at the same time.
I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was really excellent. The amount of description vs. action was very immersive. Expectedly, there is a lot of sadness in this story, which isn't my cup of tea, but I think it made a lot of sense and was handled well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts