Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

19 reviews

hiro_the_great's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The ending was something I did not expect but overall it was a good book for YA. felt like matched mixed with 1989

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Suicide, and Car accident

abigail_horn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Violence

annoyedalien's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicide

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Trigger warning: murder of a dog. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lonelylooper's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, and Torture

sunflower7skull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

OH MY GOD. WHAT WAS THAT ENDING. ugh i loved this book but the ending left me disappointed tbh... otherwise really interesting worldbuilding and narrative!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ashleyj_reads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

I really enjoyed this viewpoint of love’s impact on a dystopian world, and what humans decide to do about it. The main character faces several of the types of conflict while progressing through this coming of age, and it was done well - I liked watching her struggle and problem solve all the way to the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

mary_do_12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

2.0

i should’ve known from the blurb on the back of the book how this was going to go. let me explain.

it was kind of a little cringe. and cliché.
in the beginning the main character — lena — is visibly influenced and driven by the lies the government feeds them. she seems like a very naive and oblivious character, who later starts to doubt her views of the world and society. of course, this is character development that is totally necessary. but, and hear me out, the lena we get to know in the beginning of the book is really frustrating and annoying to read about. this is mainly because it’s very obvious to the reader that the whole love as a disease thing is no more than propaganda.
then we meet alex, who is basically the exact opposite of lena. they fall in love (obviously) and then she proceeds to plan her entire life off of him.
the relationship felt flat and had nothing thrilling about it, except the fact that they had to keep it a secret, but at some point everything lena was doing could’ve gotten her jailed, institutionalized or killed.
there were no other characters that stirred any particular interest in me, i enjoyed reading about grace, but even hana felt like she had no depth except for good looks to me.
the plot was — to say it outright — flat as well. it was pretty predictable, but that‘s not to say there weren’t surprising turns.

the ending was admittedly frustrating, but kind of predictable as well so it wasn’t that frustrating.

one thing that you have to give to lauren oliver though, is that she wrote something entertaining. the problem is just that „entertaining“ doesn’t mean it’s a good book. at least for me it doesn’t. 
i don’t necessarily regret reading this book, i just wouldn’t do it again.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

molly_is_a_beast's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

I found the plot to be obvious and predictable and the love interest was unlikable. It felt almost like he had no life other than her.

I also found that it was silly for the first boy she ever meets that’s not part of her family is what we now have to call “the love of her life.” I felt very distrusting of Alex until he left himself die for her which was odd considering this is only the first book of three and if he’s going to die I would at least hope that they would discover that he was actually planning something sinister or wasn’t all that he seemed otherwise he’s just dead?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing and Blood