Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Wierzyliśmy jak nikt by Rebecca Makkai

18 reviews

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

marinarose3's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

🌈 The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai… get your tissues ready. 5 shining stars to this novel🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 poignant characterisation, balanced and evolving plot lines corresponding over two different settings, and riveting social discourse. 🫶 A beautiful, devastating must read. ☕️ This book accompanied me on a lazy Sunday mornings, and lazy Sunday afternoons to one of my fav art museums in the city. 🖼️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

awildeasriel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, and Toxic friendship

hstcrow's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Another one to add to the list of “books that made me cry”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty and Injury/Injury detail

juliej0715's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. It was a slow start for me, but I also read it in super small chunks at first so it was hard to keep people straight. About 1/3 in, it really picked up and I couldn't stop thinking about it and reading it. It's so sad yet perpetually full of hope and love and friendship and caring, and reflecting on what's important in life. It was so good I want to read it again. I wish there were more books exactly like this one. I also loved it being set in boystown (now northalsted) Chicago and knowing all the places they were going around Lakeview and the city. Just so good overall.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lindsaybethlyons's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

asienerbrown's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Hate crime, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Police brutality

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

I cried so much throughout this book lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

A pet is imperilled but survives

m2b2's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was so (so) sad, but really beautiful. There were entire sections where I felt like I was gasping for air as I read because I was so pained by the story telling. As a Chicagoan, who lived in Boystown for years, I was especially enamored. I felt like some aspects (e.g., Claire joining a cult) didn’t add much to the story, but this is the best book I’ve read in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ariana3's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

This took me longer to read than I wanted it to, it was longer than I think it should have been. It basically describes the AIDS epidemic in Chicago in the early 80s from the general viewpoint of 1 main character

(who eventually gets it from a casual fling- after being so careful with his then-longtime bf who cheated, got it, and thought he got it from him but didn't-and ultimately dies).

It alternates chapter-by-chapter with that and one of their female friends in the future in 2015.

Her brother was one of the first in this friend group to die, so she was always around these men. In the future, she's trying to find her estranged daughter and make amends. It ends a little bittersweet, as Yale (the main character) does indeed die and it describes his slow-ish decline. But Fiona (the girl) finds her daughter and they seem to slowly be repairing/building back their relationship

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, and Abandonment