Tag Archives: Suicide & Attempted Suicide

Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It’s supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother’s even-more-annoying best friend is also coming on the trip, she can’t imagine how it will be anything other than a disaster. Thus begins the strangest adventure of Helen’s well-behaved life: three weeks in the remotest wilderness of a mountain range in Wyoming where she will survive mosquito infestations, a… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Divorce recounted
  • Miscarriage recounted
  • Attempted suicide
  • Death of a sibling
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The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly

The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly

A mysterious ceremony in an unknown location has unravelled their work and triggered a catastrophic countdown that will climax in no less than the end of all life on Earth. But there is one last hope. If Jack and his team can find and rebuild a legendary ancient device known only as the “Machine,” they might be able to ward off the coming armageddon. The only clues to locating this Machine, however, are held within the fabled Six Sacred Stones, long lost in the fog of history. And so the hunt begins for the Six Sacred Stones and the all-important knowledge they possess but in the course of this wild adventure Jack and… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Child brides mentioned
  • Suicide mentioned
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Gun violence
  • Explosion
  • Animal death
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The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew Reilly

The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew Reilly

When Skye Rogers and her twin brother Red move to Manhattan, rumours of a coming global apocalypse are building. But this does not stop the young elite of New York from partying without a care. And then suddenly Skye is invited to join an exclusive gang known as the Secret Runners of New York. But this is no ordinary clique – they have access to an underground portal that can transport them into the future. And what Skye discovers in the future is horrifying: the rumours about the coming apocalypse are true. As society crumbles and Skye and Red race to figure out how… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Antisemitism
  • Racism
  • Misogyny
  • Slut shaming
  • Homomisia
  • Suicide
  • Self harm
  • Drug use
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Emesis
  • Drowning
  • Bullying
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The Violent Season by Sara Walters

The Violent Season by Sara Walters

Every November, the people in Wolf Ridge are overwhelmed with a hunger for violence–at least that’s the town rumour. Last fall Wyatt Green’s mother was brutally murdered, convincing Wyatt that this yearning isn’t a morbid urban legend. but rather a palpable force infecting her neighbours. This year, Wyatt fears the call of violence has spread to her best friend Cash–who also happens to be the guy she can’t stop wanting no matter how much he hurts her. At the same time, she’s drawn to Cash’s nemesis Porter, now that they’re partners on an ambitious project for lit class. When Wyatt pulls away… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Attempted rape, on-page
  • Suicide
  • Self-harm
  • Smoking & recreational drug use, on-page
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Blood depiction
  • Dead bodies
  • Emesis mentioned
  • Death of a mother from suicide recounted
  • Death of a mother from murder recounted
  • Infanticide by drowning mentioned
  • Murder in an armed robbery mentioned
  • Car accident mentioned
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Prophecy by Ellen Oh

Prophecy by Ellen Oh

Kira’s the only female in the king’s army, and she’s also the prince’s bodyguard. A demon slayer and an outcast, she’s hated by nearly everyone in her home city of Hansong. And she’s their only hope Murdered kings and discovered traitors point to a demon invasion, sending Kira on the run with the young prince. He may be the saviour predicted in the Dragon King’s prophecy, but the legendary lost ruby treasure just might be the true key to victory. With only the guidance of the cryptic prophecy, Kira must battle demon soldiers, an evil shaman, and the Demon Lord himself to find what was once lost while raising a prince into a king.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Nightmares
  • Mass suicide mentioned
  • Decapitation, on-page
  • Death of a father from sword stabbing, on-page
  • Death of a mother from self-sacrifice, on-page
  • Death of a wife & baby son in childbirth mentioned
  • Death of a wife & children in an influenza epidemic mentioned
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Knife & sword violence
  • Death from a fall
  • Near drowning
  • Strangulation
  • Kidnapping
  • War themes & battle scenes
  • Animal death
  • Animal hunting
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The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter

The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter

Cassie O’Malley has been trying to keep her head above water—literally and metaphorically—since birth. It’s been two and a half years since Cassie’s mother dumped her in a mental institution against her will, and now, at eighteen, Cassie is finally able to reclaim her life and enter the world on her own terms. But freedom is a poor match against a lifetime of psychological damage. As Cassie plumbs the depths of her new surroundings, the startling truths she uncovers about her own family narrative make it impossible to cut the tethers of a tumultuous past. And when the unhealthy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Rape
  • Child abuse
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Suicide
  • Self-harm
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When You Disappeared by John Marrs

When You Disappeared by John Marrs

Also known as The Wronged Sons.

When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the front door. Nothing is missing – except him. Catherine knows Simon must be in trouble. He wouldn’t just leave her. He wouldn’t leave the children. But Simon knows the truth – about why he left and what he’s done. He knows things about his marriage that it would kill Catherine to find out. The memories she holds onto are lies. While Catherine faces a dark new reality at home, Simon’s halfway around the … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape
  • Domestic violence
  • Child abuse mentioned
  • Alcohol abuse
  • Attempted suicide
  • Miscarriage
  • Cancer
  • Death of a child recounted
  • Murder
  • Car accident

Her Last Move by John Marrs

Her Last Move by John Marrs

He hides in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment. Each kill is calculated, planned and executed like clockwork. Struggling to balance her personal and professional life, young DS Becca Vincent has landed the biggest case of her career – and she knows that it will make or break her. But how can she identify one face in a sea of thousands? With the help of Police Super Recogniser Joe Russell, she strives to catch a glimpse of the elusive murderer, but he’s watching her every move. Time is not on their side. The… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child abuse recounted
  • Domestic violence
  • Suicide
  • Drug abuse
  • Death of a child
  • Death of a sibling recounted
  • Car accident
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Kidnapping

The Minders by John Marrs

The Minders by John Marrs

In the 21st century information is king. But computers can be hacked, and files can be broken into. So a unique government initiative has been borne. Five ordinary people have been selected to become the latest weapon in thwarting cyber terrorism. A revolutionary medical procedure has turned them into the ultimate secret keepers – the country’s most secretive information has been taken offline and turned into genetic code implanted inside their heads. Together the five know every secret – the truth behind every Government lie conspiracy theory and… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Domestic abuse
  • Anxiety
  • Suicide
  • Self-harm mentioned

Horrid by Katrina Leno

Horrid by Katrina Leno

Following her father’s death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother grew up. All they want is a fresh start, but behind North Manor’s doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone…and more tormented. As the cold New England autumn arrives, and Jane settles in to her new home, she finds solace in old books and memories of her dad. She steadily begins making new friends, but also faces bullying from the resident “bad seed,” struggling to tamp down her own worst… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Child abuse recounted
  • Self-harm mentioned
  • Suicidal ideation mentioned
  • Suicide attempt & suicide, off-page
  • Hospitalisation
  • Panic attacks
  • Nightmares
  • Flashbacks & blackouts
  • Pica (central theme)
  • Blood depiction
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a father & husband from a heart attack recounted
  • Death of a sister recounted
  • Death of a child recounted
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Vivisepulture (being buried alive), on-page & recounted
  • Physical assault
  • Home invasion & vandalism
  • Death of a pet kitten mentioned
  • Bullying