Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan

5 reviews

orlagal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Excrement, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Chronic illness, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Animal death, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Grief, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Death of parent

leoniejenkins's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

emptychurches's review

dark reflective sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Pedophilia

msliz's review

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Profound, multilayered and searingly beautiful writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Child abuse

wherethebooksgo's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, and Suicide