Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

31 reviews

teeryveliz's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kates_cupcakes's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-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

2.5

Really cheesy tbh, it’s a very YA book and it written what feels a bit transparent where you can see the reasons behind everything. There are difficult moments in the book and I really wish it had more of an ending than it did. I found myself feeling let down by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, and Self harm

Minor: Vomit

little_rat's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

0.5

This was nothing like I had expected this book to be. The content was an extremely hard read and not in a good way. This book sexualized young teens and mentions rape as more of a sexual encounter rather than what it was, rape. The adults characters in the book brush it off and never take the incident seriously. 
Apart from the sexual content the book didn’t go on to talk about mental health in very much depth as one would expect when picking up this book. 
Overall just disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

nyatsushiro's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

teylani_'s review against another edition

dark funny sad tense fast-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

2.0

It is so bad, like just no.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

marisaw_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Outing

evydori's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

niteskyi's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

k0nnie's review against another edition

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

1.0

would not recommend.

while suicide notes does a decent job at getting inside the head of a struggling teenager who is admitted to an inpatient hospital after a suicide attempt, there are many noteworthy issues that need to be addressed. as someone who is a mental health professional & works with children/teens who are inpatient, it's very easy to spot the (many many MANY) inaccuracies in the mental health treatment described in the book, as well as the (again, many many MANY) inaccuracies regarding the inpatient facility in which the characters reside. i had multiple problems with this book & the the way the mental health treatment was handled; one problem being the death of a certain character who is also at the facility. however, the rating most definitely dropped due to the multiple overlooked and unacknowledged sexual assault scenes that happened between the main character and another patient in the clinic. these scenes were repetitive, completely non consensual, and unfortunately also used as a device for character growth & queer self-acceptance. the way all of these scenes were overlooked with absolutely no acknowledgment to the fact that they were assault is inexcusable. 

books focused on mental health especially books geared towards middle aged & young adults, are so SO beyond important for kids to have access to, however books such as this have the potential to be incredibly dangerous for young and impressionable readers. 

if you're searching for a book focused on a queer character or mental health,  i would not recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

a_juergs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail