Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

17 reviews

michellewatsonvideo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed reading this book. At first the main character got on my nerves but seeing everything come crashing down made me have sympathy for her. I enjoyed the relationship she had with her friends. The texts were a great touch. I like that mental health and therapy were apart of the story. It shows how easy things can just slip out of control with all the pressures Black women face in life. I really liked reading about Queenie’s relationship with her family particularly around her mental health issues. I’m pleased with how the book ended and I appreciate the discussion questions in the back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Suicide

rebeccaxpaige's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

caaaaaath's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Miscarriage and Violence

Minor: Suicide

shancowie's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

thevietvegan's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

Alright, I have a lot of feelings about this book. This book does that thing where it'll specify when a character is BIPOC, but will not always specify if someone is white, as if to imply that white is default or the norm. I get that it's based in England, but I think that it matters to clarify, especially since anti-racism and microaggressions are a significant part of this book.

The beginning of this book was just self-sabotage after self-sabotage, with rough life decisions, irresponsibility, terrible communication and just a lot of emotional exhaustion. The first half of this book is ROUGH and pretty draining to read. I was just getting really frustrated at the main character, the crappy people around her, and some of the less supportive people in her life.

HOWEVER, the last 30% of this book is the reason why this is a 3 star review and not a 1 star. I really appreciated that there wasn't the typical "find love" happy ending. Queenie made a lot of progress but is still on her road to healing and coping. Her friends were really nice and supportive, and hammered down that friends are there for both the good and the bad, and you don't need to be a perfect, happy-go-lucky person to be deserving of supportive friendship.

Queenie's grandparents were my favourite in this book, especially her grandad. They were such vibrant and real characters, I loved them so much.

I enjoyed Queenie's journey in this book, I liked the patois peppered through the book, I like that it touched on gentrification and the impact on minority communities. There was a lot of heavy stuff for a person to go through and it was hard to see her internalize and minimalize a lot of stuff that happened to her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicide

rosiewants2read's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed this book, It took me  awhile to get into it because the main character kept pissing me off. It's a slow read at first but once you get into the story it's a quick read.  The only reason I didn't give it four stars is because I think that the story line could've been a bit more refined, it felt like the author was pilling on trauma just for the sake of it.  The book isn't very funny it may give you some small chuckles but not hahaha tears from laughing and its usually pretty dark humor. 

But it does have an uplifting/hopeful end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Police brutality, and Grief

berodatheelf's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• 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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide