Suicidal Ideation – Page 9 – Trigger Warning Database

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently been captured by heretics. Cheris’s career isn’t the only thing at stake. If the fortress falls, the hexarchate itself might be next. Cheris’s best hope is to ally with the undead tactician Shuos Jedao. The good news is that Jedao has never lost a battle, and he may be the only one who can figure out how to successfully besiege the fort… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape & sexual assault, on-page & discussed
Suicide & attempted suicide
Suicidal ideation
Graphic animal death
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies
Dismemberment
Loss of autonomy (possession & mental manipulation/control)
Murder & mass murder, on-page, discussed in-detail
Torture mentioned
Gun violence, on-page
Knife violence
Explosions & bombings, on-page
War & rebellion (central theme)
Battle scenes & military violence, on-page

The Leopard King by Ann Aguirre

Until three years ago, those words applied to Dominic Asher, the leader of Ash Valley. His family has ruled the feline branch of the Animari for hundreds of years, guiding the pride through perilous times. Unspeakable loss drove him into seclusion, a feral beast nobody can tame. Now he’s wrecked, a leopard king in exile, and he wants nothing more than to die. Fortunately for Dom, those words still apply to Pru Bristow, his dead mate’s best friend. She’s had her heart broken too, but she never quits. With the conclave approaching, alliances with the Pine Ridge pack and Burnt Amber clans on the verge of collapse, she’s prepared to do… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Nightmares
Suicidal ideation recounted
Self harm
Blood depiction & scars
Starvation
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Kidnapping

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

Fitz has survived his first hazardous mission as king’s assassin, but is left little more than a cripple. Battered and bitter, he vows to abandon his oath to King Shrewd, remaining in the distant mountains. But love and events of terrible urgency draw him back to the court at Buckkeep, and into the deadly intrigues of the royal family. Renewing their vicious attacks on the coast, the Red-Ship Raiders leave burned-out villages and demented victims in their wake. The kingdom is also under assault from within, as treachery threatens the throne of the ailing king. In this time of great danger, the fate of the kingdom may rest in Fitz’s hands—and his role in its salvation may require the ultimate sacrifice.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Sexism
Classism
Elder abuse
Child abuse recounted
Infidelity mentioned
Forced political marriage
Depressive episode recounted
Suicidal ideation mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Drug use
Pregnancy & miscarriage discussed
Graphic injuries & illness
Blood & gore depiction including dead bodies
Emesis
Seizures
Chronic illness
Death of a father from medical complications due to chronic alcoholism recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Infanticide
Poisoning
Physical assault
Knife, arrow and axe violence
Imprisonment
Loss of autonomy (mind control & invasion)
War themes & battle scenes
Naval warfare
Regicide
Animal abuse (wolf)
Animal death mentioned, including the death of a pet dog.

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable. As she retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reaching out to others and drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Misogyny
Lesbomisia
Adult-minor relationship
Paedophilia
Rape
Sexual harassment
Emotional abuse
Depression
Schizophrenia
Self-harm
Suicide & attempted suicide
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption
Terminal cancer
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent

Powerless by Elsie Silver

Two childhood friends. Two broken hearts. One impromptu road trip to get away from everything. That’s all this was supposed to be. After all, I’ve been living in the friend zone for years now. But hockey heartthrob Jasper Gervais isn’t looking at me like a friend anymore. And he isn’t touching me like one either. To his fans, he’s the handsome, talented athlete on TV. But to me he’s still the lost boy with sad eyes and a heart of gold. The man I’ve loved in secret for years. So when my life falls apart on my wedding day, it only makes sense that he’s the one to swoop in and save me. And when his world comes crashing down around him… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Cheating recounted
Parental abandonment recounted
Suicidal ideation mentioned
Death of a sister recounted

* Context : The heroine’s ex-fiancé cheated on her in the past.

The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

One June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia’s mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community—an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly captured the pain and loss that Mia carries inside her? Through a journey of heartbreak, love, and time, Mia must abandon the rules she was raised with at the Community. As she does, she realizes that… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Domestic violence
Suicidal ideation
Abortion including death from an attempted abortion
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother
Death of a guardian from cancer
Stalking
Cult

Whispers of Shadow and Flame by L Penelope

The Mantle that separates the kingdoms of Elsira and Lagrimar is about to fall. And life will drastically change for both kingdoms. Born with a deadly magic she cannot control, Kyara is forced to become an assassin. Known as the Poison Flame in the kingdom of Lagrimar, she is notorious and lethal, but secretly seeks freedom from both her untamed power and the blood spell that commands her. She is tasked with capturing the legendary rebel called the Shadowfox, but everything changes when she learns her target’s true identity. Darvyn ol-Tahlyro may be the most powerful Earthsinger in generations, but guilt over… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Human trafficking
Slavery
Child abuse
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Depression
Suicidal ideation
Self injury for blood magic
Scars
Alcohol consumption
Murder, on-page
Gun violence
Torture
Kidnapping & captivity
Disappearance of a parent

The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson

Sixteen-year-old Elena Mendoza is the product of a virgin birth. This can be scientifically explained (it’s called parthenogenesis), but what can’t be explained is how Elena is able to heal Freddie, the girl she’s had a crush on for years, from a gunshot wound in a Starbucks parking lot. Or why the boy who shot Freddie, David Combs, disappeared from the same parking lot minutes later after getting sucked up into the clouds. What also can’t be explained are the talking girl on the front of a tampon box, or the reasons that David Combs shot Freddie in the first place. As more… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Depression
Suicidal ideation
Death of a parent from suicide mentioned

The Pick-Up by Miranda Kenneally

When Mari hails a rideshare to a music festival, the last thing she expects is for the car to pick up a gorgeous guy along the way. Mari doesn’t believe in dating–it can only end with a broken heart. Besides, she’s only staying at her dad’s house in Chicago for the weekend. How close can you get to a guy in three days? TJ wants to study art in college, but his family’s expectations cast a long shadow over his dreams. When he meets Mari in the back of a rideshare, he feels alive for the first time in a long time. Mari and TJ enter the festival together and share and electric moment but get… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Physical & emotional child abuse
Suicidal ideation mentioned

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] by Tess Sharpe

Penny and Tate have always clashed. Unfortunately, their mothers are lifelong best friends, so the girls’ bickering has carried them through playdates, tragedy, and more than one rom-com marathon with the Moms. When Penny’s mother decides to become a living donor to Tate’s mom, ending her wait for a liver transplant, things go from clashing to cataclysmic. Because in order to help their families recover physically, emotionally, and financially, the Moms combine their households the summer before senior year. So Penny and Tate make a… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Anxiety
Emotional child abuse & neglect
Cheating recounted*
Sexual assault mentioned*
Suicidal ideation mentioned
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Alcohol consumption
Physical illness & injury*
Ovarian cancer mentioned including discussions of the original diagnosis, remission, and death
Surgery recounted, including organ donation and an oophorectomy
Death of a father, on-page

*Context : The protagonist’s ex cheated on her in the past. Mentions of an interrupted assault that happened twenty-five years earlier. Mentions of dealing with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and surgery required for a tug o’ war injury that nearly severed fingers.