Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Ghosted by Rosie Walsh

6 reviews

emmareads77books's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

grucabooks's review

dark tense fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide attempt

emmiebee's review

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Quick note about "it's complicated" to diversity there's definitely more diversity than some books. At no point did it seem to me like these characters were maligned or charicatures but I'd still hesitate to say yes.
To the review: like a lot of people I found the beginning slow. I actually tried to read this a couple of years ago and dropped it. But this time I tried it again and read it all past chapter 7 in one sitting. 
I think some of the reviews of the characters are harsh, I actually didn't have a hard time accepting what was happening: this is a woman who has dissociated through an entire marriage and the first time she's allowed herself to not only feel, but feel love and happiness and hope without the question of whether she deserves it, suddenly it all disappears. 
She goes a little crazy, it happens. 
It's not a perfect book, I got really frustrated when we suddenly switched viewpoints especially given the cliffhanger; it felt cheap. Especially since it's not the first time the author purposefully misled the audience. But it kept me going well past midnight to finish so I guess it worked. 
Most of the character growth actually happens off the page. I think that's probably what frustrated me the most about the Eddie chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

surrrrrrrmmmmmma's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

elisabethjoe's review

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Stalking

read_with_shawntel's review

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Grief, Car accident, and Suicide attempt