Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller

13 reviews

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

this book was the wisest but also the silliest thing i've ever read.
the quotes and reflections? chef's kiss. the eating disorder representation? amazing. the weird supernatural ability stuff? so. weird. it was so irritating. 
this book says some of the wisest lines that i've ever heard, and in the next paragraph the protagonist is controlling pigs and seeing the future. what is this??
i constantly switched between adoring this book and wanting to dnf it because of just how silly it was. this book combined one of the most real topics ever (eating disorders and depression) with the most fantastical supernatural garbage there is and it threw me off because it wasn't done quite well enough. 
i could've loved this book, but the story was simply... something else and i couldn't handle it. but maybe someone else can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal death

Minor: Domestic abuse and Outing

nincoompoop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Classism, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, and Bullying

ellnorrr's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I have serious mixed feelings on this book. On one hand, I felt like the internal depiction of an eating disorder was very accurate, especially with the obsession with rules. On the other hand, Im so sick of ED books where the eating disorder becomes supernatural, even if starvation induced psychosis is somewhat common. This book also got me wondering, is accuracy always a good thing? Yes, a key part of many peoples anorexia is to create and follow a strict set of rules, but sharing the protags rules seemed somewhat unnecessary and could be harmful as someone very well might try to follow them.
Anyway, I was going to give this a 4/5 but the ending really sucked. so 3/5 it is

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Addiction, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Gore, Medical content, Violence, and Stalking

_childofathena's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

baytamax's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Homophobia, Self harm, Blood, Addiction, Animal death, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse

carrotsxcks's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-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: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

ecravens's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Eating disorder and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content

coyodie's review

dark emotional funny sad 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: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, and Islamophobia

Minor: Abandonment

arealname's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Eating disorder

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit

morgay69's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

i thought the book was pretty good. definitely not what i expected. i liked how it it represented the lgbtq but also boys with eating disorders. overall pretty good book but a pretty dark topic for teenagers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit