Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Crash by J.G. Ballard

4 reviews

yurt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Body horror, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Car accident, Drug abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Confinement, Torture, and Sexual assault

Minor: Biphobia, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Racism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

olivemypuns's review

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Gore, Sexual violence, Blood, and Sexual assault

Minor: Self harm, Rape, Pedophilia, Racism, and Incest

krankliuk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Chronic illness, Car accident, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Suicide, Sexual content, Self harm, Medical content, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Pedophilia

red_starlights's review

Crash randomly introduces elements of pedophilia for seemingly no reason. Maybe Ballard intended to shock the reader further, but personally it just felt wholly unnecessary and turned me off. To much eroticism for me, as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide, and Child abuse