Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood

6 reviews

oliviakent's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

Beautiful, harrowing, haunting. A book that brands you with searing rage, heartbreak, and a new sense of raw, wild sisterhood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Vomit

phoebees's review

challenging dark emotional slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Rape, and Cursing

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Charlotte Wood is a magnificent writer (at least she was here. It's my first time reading her stuff idk if this tracks lol) but not a very good storyteller. If you wanna read a BOOK book and are more knowledgeable about natural/animal symbolism and how it connects to the Adult Female™️ and into other basic (white) feminism then this is a book you might enjoy more than I did. I just liked the dystopian, shut-in setting but the rest was ugly and boring and had no real culmination. Also there are parts that can be a little transphobic (tbf, I don't think the author meant it like that, it just reads that way) so beware of that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, and Transphobia

ratking's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Blood and Vomit

brooklynjane's review

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Trafficking, and Violence

heytayashleigh's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug abuse