Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

68 reviews

booksandboardgames's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, Dysphoria, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

bookishpip's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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: Suicide, Rape, Sexual assault, and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse

lessoles's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder

terryloks's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

sundayfever's review

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

A tough but enjoyable read about trauma, spirituality and mythology. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

siobhan28's review

challenging dark reflective slow-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

5.0

Definitely check content warnings - loved the prose of this book. Could definitely read it in a day but I read it in sections to be able to absorb the impact of this book fully. Will definitely re-read sometime soon but this is definitely my favourite book from this author 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Rape

aecatec's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

drapetomaniac's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual violence

linguisticali's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

I read this in one sitting and it's hard to find the words to describe it. Dark, emotional, and original.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicide, and Eating disorder

zitalilla's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Dysphoria, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide