Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Under This Red Rock by Mindy McGinnis

5 reviews

daphnea's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is not for the faint of heart. There's mental illness and murder. McGinnis writes an empathetic portrayal of a main character, named Neeley, who has auditory hallucinations and is grieving the death of her mom and brother and the abandonment of her father. Neeley starts a summer job as a tour guide at a cave, and notices that her auditory hallucinations don't follow her underground while she's in the cave. When Neeley's crush Mila (who is also her coworker) ends up dead, she tries to figure out what happened to Mila with the help of a hallucination of a deceased local cave adventurer named Margaret.

This book is very dark, and I would not recommend this book to squeamish readers because of its detailed descriptions of suicide, torture and death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide

Moderate: Murder, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Animal death

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

Mindy McGinnis never shies away from the dark, and that's definitely true in this book. Neely has auditory halucinations throughout the story, and often questions her reality. It makes for a good narrator in a mystery/thriller, honestly. Leaves you questioning what really happened.

So far in 2024, it feels like there has been more variety in mental illness rep in YA and I am here for it. This isn't an easy book to read by far, but definitely worth it. And there's a plot twist towards the end that will make you see the entire rest of the book in a totally different light.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

irened93's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual assault, Blood, Drug use, Mental illness, Death, Car accident, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

artsybrea's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

nicolej_2009's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, Suicide, Drug use, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis