Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

7 reviews

chrisscorkscrew's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow!  A searing and heart-rending masterpiece.  Very powerful and perhaps rendered all the more so by the pandemic we experienced at the start of 2020.

This is not an easy rate, but it is worth the emotional journey,

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Blood

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

In a not so distant future, Historians are sent into the past to learn about contemporary societies. When the head of the university goes away for Christmas, the person he leaves in charge decides it’s high time to send a historian to the Middle Ages, but none could foresee how exactly things could go awry.

I quite enjoyed this read, although I do agree with other reviewers who comment that it could have been edited down substantially. It was incredibly detailed in a way that made you think small details might be important later but they were just that…small details. 

Outside of the lengthiness however, it was an interesting story with a good balance of fun and intensity. I enjoyed both storylines immensely. I would say that characters like Gilchrist were almost too stupidly oblivious to the world, but that’s how people in power often are. 

Great read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Suicide, and Physical abuse

Minor: Religious bigotry, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

chandlery's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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: Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Child death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Blood, Classism, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide and Animal death

pocketbook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I read this in middle or high school the first time around, and I didn’t remember the parts that took place in the “present time.” I remember being so gutted by

Father Roche’s death

and that I enjoyed this book, but not too many specifics beyond that. I’m so happy I revisited this one. Rerated because this will be staying with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Physical abuse, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Sexism, Misogyny, Classism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Racism

Minor: Suicide

silentquercus's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Child death, Vomit, Blood, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Infidelity, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

uranaishi's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Grief, Death, Vomit, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Classism, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Bullying, and Animal death

Minor: Excrement, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Rape, and Pregnancy

rhymeswithnova's review

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Child death, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death