Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

59 reviews

emsapp's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-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: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Suicide

roshma's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I downloaded this ebook because booktok was tagging this a fish/mermaid-sex. This book is so much more than that. This is not meant to be a light read. This books deals with depression, self harm, low self esteem, toxic relationships and addiction. The internal monologues of the protagonist is lengthy and talks in great depth on each of the subjects, a lot of self reflections and slowly breaking from harmful patterns. The conflict is presented naturally: and the climb is slow. Do not pick this book if are looking for smut 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts

macncheese_pdf's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

thekenthing's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Animal death

aromea's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

berlyndinosaur's review

fast-paced

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

3.5

NSFW 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Suicide

dreavala's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

i read this bc i absolutely loved broder’s “milk fed” however i sadly feel that set my expectations far too high.  i felt like i was walking through mud to finish this as the first half was super slow. 

however, i think her commentary on the emotional void being filled addiction and love was very beautiful. i appreciate the book for being truthful about how the depths of depression feel - unfortunately that’s not an aesthetically pleasing or enjoyable topic when written about genuinely. 

overall, i think this is a good book for anyone  experiencing a breakup or attempting to understand how to fill an emotional void. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

literaryinliverpool's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, Abandonment, and Addiction

mybestfriendisabook's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

3.5

i liked how it started off. the first paragraph already reminded me why i like this author after having read Milk Fed. 

i expected it to be more about the relationship of MC and the merman. it was interesting but i started wanting it to be over towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Suicide

kaddictwithapen's review

challenging funny mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Blood