Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

6 reviews

edresbach's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

hannahduda's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Rape, Stalking, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Incest, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Blood, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Sexual assault

daybreakreads's review

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

Why do I listen to coworkers’ book recs before looking up a book? I have a Criminology degree that’s collecting dust, and despite my distaste for many women’s obsession with true crime (in the sense it has made close friends and family anxious and paranoid about living in a ground floor apartment, in addition to it glamorizing or romanticizing the worst aspects of humanity) I found the concept intriguing. Ah yes, here is a novel that supposedly focuses on the real human effect of heinous crimes, rather than obsessing over the monster that committed them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Dementia

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Rape, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

chloeve's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Very interesting take on the women involved with Ted Bundy. I'm not sure if it's any of this book has true parts to it though. However, it was slow at times and hard for me to pick up. I really enjoyed the ending, which saved my opinion of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, Blood, Grief, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infertility, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

alite428's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Mental illness, Death, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent and Blood

oliviamich's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Gore, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape