Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

15 reviews

autumnn_96's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Ok so this has been my absolute FAVORITE book I've read all year! When you understand the history of cinema and how people became stars, this book will really engage you. And I really enjoyed the fact that the ending is not cookie cutter, but very real. Sex, love and drugs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

alpal_collective's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Suicide, Addiction, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia and Alcoholism

jupitervivienne's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

Like reality tv in book form. It’s not a piece of outstanding writing or anything, but with all the stereotypical scandalous Hollywood tropes it’s a fun read. Heavy on the offensive content that makes it clear it’s from the 60s, though at some point you just accept everyone and everything being awful and ride it out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Rape

Moderate: Ableism, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Racism

lanternhillbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

ellereads__'s review against another edition

dark sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Eating disorder, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

bxcvi's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Drug use, Homophobia, Addiction, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion, Biphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Cancer

morenowagain's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexism, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Classism, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Abortion, Fatphobia, Sexism, Suicide, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Biphobia, Body shaming, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

This novel uses the word f*g/f*ggot over 25 times.

melanyseescribecony's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Este libro me sacudió. Aunque las protagonistas no eran perfectas ni siempre tomaban buenas decisiones, empaticé mucho con ellas y cada vez que sufrían se me partía el corazón. Después de leer esto, definitivamente cambio mi forma de ver a las modelos hegemónicas.

Spoiler

Nunca voy a superar lo que le hicieron a Jennifer. Y ESE FINAL LPM Lyon Burke public enemy n°1. Neely I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you, HOW DARE YOU.

Mi conclusión final es que todos los hombres son una bosta. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Racism and Homophobia

ella_mai_46's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

I liked this book. Interesting to consider the time period it was written in versus the contents of the book considering a lot of the subjects were quite taboo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

smelmo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Grief