Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

12 reviews

kjlewis494's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Antisemitism, Murder, and War

Minor: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

naomiannerie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and War

addi_m's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

Minor: Genocide and Antisemitism

belleden's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? No

4.0

The

pointless rape chapter

is why I don’t read books written by men. 🙄 If you want to win a Pulitzer Prize, all you have to do is be a man and write a book about WWII, apparently.

I strongly disliked the way the framing device of a shifting timeline was used. The dates were sometimes clearly labeled, but often not, and I had to go back and reread several times to understand where we were in the story. I even felt that the opening chapters of the book were a spoiler and I think it would have worked much better chronologically.
Marie-Laure and her family were extremely lovable and the main reason why I kept reading.  Marie-Laure felt so real and I had a deep desire to protect her the entire time I was reading. The Sea of Flames storyline was fascinating and kept me wondering until the end.
I appreciate how this book handles trauma and the realities of war.

Not everyone gets a happy ending. Sometimes bad things happen to good people

  and I think historical fiction that ignores that fact is completely unrealistic.
This book was recommended for me for the Red TV prompt of the Taylor Swift reading challenge - "a book over 450 pages that will break your heart".

Frederick and his mother

well and truly broke my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Torture, Antisemitism, and War

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Ableism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

mdwsn27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Grief, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Death of parent

vas_17's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

emotional tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

traumatic brain injury related memory loss and intellectual disability

apiora215's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lacey_wi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and War

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Murder, and War