Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

13 reviews

kurumipanda's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Vomit, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Self harm, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Sexism, Grief, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Police brutality, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault and Trafficking

cleot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It's not that the writing quality was bad, the story was just intense in a way that isn't to my taste. See content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, and Police brutality

Minor: Racism, Body shaming, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Child death, and Cancer

under-negotiated kink, blood kink, self surgery, sexual gratification from murder, false rape claim, parasite/ parasitic pregnancies

riotgrrrl92's review against another edition

dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

What starts as a creepy, gory pandemic adventure slowly evolves into an eldritch, lovecraftian Handmaid’s Tale. I wasn’t sure if I liked or loved this book until the last quarter of the novel, and I didn’t know it would be a must-read until the very, very end. The book spends a lot of time setting the stage for us, which is something I struggle with, but can’t fault the book for that when the payoff was so rewarding. The messages are loud and clear, which is sometimes necessary, and it helps that I agree with all of them. Amazing female leads, great queer representation, and some of the most disgusting horror I’ve ever read. I’ll be recommending this to ever queer horror fan I know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Blood, Cursing, Chronic illness, Excrement, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, War, and Vomit

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Body horror

Moderate: Gore, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, and Cancer

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Vomit

curlydanreads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Wow what an absolutely fucked up read. I loved it. I’m a huge fan of horror novels and this novel was a roller coaster. If you don’t like body horror, definitely don’t read this as it gets very graphic and icky. I was worried the “they came from outer space” reveal was going to be tacky, but I think the author did a great job of incorporating it and mixing it with the information about the virus. Also, not an expert on viruses/mutations by any means but I think her descriptions were very interesting and seemed “realistic”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Death, Vomit, Body horror, Blood, Cancer, Genocide, Gore, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Murder

jenabest's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

What the actual Hell did I just read?
 
This was like if Tender is the Flesh, The Book Eaters, Lapvona, & How High We Go in the Dark had a baby.... and that baby had some seriously twisted views on religion. 

This mixed bag of horror really had it all - body horror, cannibalism, cosmic horror, a pandemic, and lots of kink. Seriously - lots of kink for a very unsexy premise. 

I honestly don't know how many people I could recommend this to? But it's fast paced and I guess really fits in with October's Spooky Season reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Murder, Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual content, and Gore

Moderate: Gun violence, Cancer, and Pandemic/Epidemic

missymaus's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Vomit, Blood, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and War

swashbuckling_mathematician's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Basically every trigger warning.  It's a good story but...graphic...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Genocide, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Vomit, Abortion, Self harm, Body horror, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, Slavery, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Gore, Sexism, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, War, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

It's graphic. Very graphic. Really, if violent imagery gets in your head and bothers you, don't read this book.

shawcrit's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Strongly enjoyed this and recommend for fans of horror and weird fiction. This is so weird, gross, and outlandish yet it's grounded in solid characters and an interesting plot. I would have liked more character development for Mareva, but other than that, this is SO. SO. GOOD.  I couldn't put this down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cannibalism, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Suicide

emimli's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I absolutely loved the first section of this book. It was so gross and creative and weird.

Unfortunately though, the other two sections didn’t stack up. The latter 2/3 of the book are a slog to get through, and the story departs sharply from horror into Jeff Vandermeer-esque sci-fi around the halfway point. While I’d typically be cool with that, it just didn’t mesh with the book’s established narrative and atmosphere.

The social/political commentary in here is also pretty lacklustre - it’s somehow too heavy-handed and too underdeveloped at the same time. All of it is stuffed into lengthy info-dumps that veer far away from the actual storyline and mess with the narrative flow (anyone else confused by Erin’s random anti-IUD rant?). I usually love social commentary in my fiction, but the way that it’s incorporated into this book just comes across as preachy and a bit cringe.

Also, an octopus? Really? That was the best you could come up with?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cancer, Cannibalism, Death, Medical content, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Murder, Abortion, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Body horror, Genocide, Suicide, Confinement, Pregnancy, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Gore, and Suicide attempt