Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth

12 reviews

0ldoini's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Bullying, Incest, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Drug use, Murder, Suicide, Addiction, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Torture, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Pedophilia

mandareads222's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, and Child abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Medical content, Bullying, Abandonment, and Rape

Minor: Sexual content

creadsfantasy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Child abuse, Addiction, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Mental illness, Rape, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Incest

rachelwierick's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death of parent, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Death, Suicide attempt, and Murder

kimveach's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Dark, creepy, and I couldn't put it down.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Cursing, and Death

cassroberts89's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.5

Whoa. That was a doozy. I haven’t been that riveted to a thriller in a long time. No spoilers, but I wasn’t a huge fan of the very last chapter. I thought the way everything played out was just surprising enough without being implausible, that the very end wasn’t totally necessary (even if it was more in line with what I envisioned for at least the second half of the book). I think leaving off that last chapter makes for a much more thought provoking read, but that’s just me. 

Still, 4.5 stars rounded up 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks to the publisher and Goodreads Giveaways for the advance reader copy. All opinions are my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

elyssas_editions's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Rape, Abandonment, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Incest, Bullying, Drug use, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Violence

nanirump's review

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

traceyanderson's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Vomit, Child death, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Murder, and Suicide attempt

booksbytheglass's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

sally hepworth knows how to write the scariest, creepiest and skin crawling thrillers!! this time, it’s involving an abusive foster family relationship and boy the gaslighting was so extreme!! I wanted to throw myself into that house to save the kiddos 🥹

I loved learning about the dual POVs of all three foster sisters, between jessica and norah and alicia and their ways of coping that were definitely ✨ trauma unhealthy ✨ and how each of them were so different but here for each other thick and thin 

it was a fast-paced heart-pounding story from start to finish, leaving out key details until the very end to fool you all 🤯 and that last chapter? had me screaming

the plot itself could have used some reshaping to avoid repetition, especially in dialogue - but I couldn’t put it down regardless 

I think this may be my new favorite sally hepworth novel!! I can’t wait for the world to read this one!

a huge thank you to netgalley and st martins press for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review! 

rating: 3.5 stars
wine pairing: new zealand sauvignon blanc

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Drug abuse and Suicidal thoughts