Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V

8 reviews

livlamentloathe's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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

3.5

The art was absolutely lovely. And I appreciate the sentiment behind the story and the ending. But I guess I wanted a bit more. Maybe that’s the beauty of this novel though, the lack of a grandiose ending. That it does end, after all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

aishallnot's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide attempt

Minor: Blood

spooderman's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty and Pregnancy

yaoipaddle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

The art was pretty and the plot summary I read made me interested. I also liked the setting and variety of characters. 

It felt a little meaningless especially around parts 3 & 4. I just don’t think I really connected with any of the main characters nor was there much of a real plot. It just kind of felt like things happened and then moved onto the next part. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

probably_notreading's review against another edition

reflective fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

Apparently I'm basically reading my way through all of the graphic novels/comics nominated in the 2022 Goodreads awards, and I'm okay with that. The premise of this one is the goddess of death is fired after a baby is born who is supposed to invent immortality. So, she is sent into the body of Laila Starr, and embarks on a journey learning about mortality and death.

There are some absolutely beautiful illustrations in this. The opening panel of Mumbai--stunning. I loved the color palette used throughout, bringing to life a lot of beautiful landscapes. And also adding a sort of mythological quality to the story itself.

The story reads kind of like a fable, and I think if you like Good Omens, you will definitely enjoy this book. It's got a bit of humor, a bit of philosophical discussion, and a little bit of magic. The art was still my favorite thing about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicide and Car accident

Minor: Animal death, Terminal illness, and Grief

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death

geekysaurusrex's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

A captivating perspective on spiritualism, death, rebirth and abstract human concepts. A gripping story in the viewpoint of God's and their play in human nature 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt