Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

9 reviews

amandalywarren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

No piece of classic literature has a chokehold on me the way this book does. From my first introduction to it in 2013, I have loved it with my whole heart. And while it isn’t a perfect story, I will always adore it.

In Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens presents a heartwarming tale about navigating grief and young adulthood, filled with lifelike details, subtle humor, and social commentary. In perhaps one of the earliest English books about found family, Dickens presents us with a protagonist that is young and flawed, yet determined not to sacrifice his values or the well-being of his loved ones.

This book is filled with colorful friends and terrible villains—the kind who hide behind a veneer of respectability, as well as the kind who don’t. Dickens should be (and has been) applauded for how vividly he portrays his characters and settings. The story springs to life with ease, as long as you’re not the kind of reader who gets bogged down with lots of detail and description.

This book’s serial publication is painfully obvious, with the beginning of each chapter often recapping the end of the last. But the continuity of the story is beautiful, given its length. If you love a narrative that takes you through all the emotions of the human experience, be sure to read this one.

If you were in my cast in 2013, know that I thought of each of you fondly as your characters came to life in these pages.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

youarenotthewalrus's review against another edition

slow-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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Stalking

idesofmarch's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

caittothelin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault

impla77's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Drags on a little at times, like many serialised novels of the time, but great character work, both heroes and villains.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

your_true_shelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad slow-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Suicide

triangular_pascal's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Suicide and Sexual harassment

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism

ecca's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-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

5.0

Libro molto bello, edizione un po' meno per via di note a piè di pagina alquanto inutili e messe a casaccio

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Adult/minor relationship