Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Sleepwalking by Meg Wolitzer

20 reviews

alylentz's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Yes. YES. YESSS! Girlhood is about obsession and death and then realizing it's Not About You. Five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Suicide, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

fatsss's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

You know when you’re sad or you want to cry so you listen to sad music? This book is the sad music. Good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Terminal illness

hunkydory's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Pregnancy

yiuve's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

3.75

I liked the book, but there was many things i didn't. 

Like the ending. It has this happy ever after vibe, that doesn't fit the book. Like Lucy's mother is all better and dancing around after years of depression all because this girl who reminds her of her dead dauther can to clean their house for like a week?
Also what happened to Laura? She lost her mind and we forgot about her?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia

cassettetaped's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

hollsbookshelf's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

pulita's review

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

chiya's review

funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

** character development isn't strong. there was a change to the characters but its not drastic. in my opinion there wasnt much of difference with them from when the story started, but there was a change and i feel like that counts for something. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

williamgideon's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

This book wasn't at all what I expected: a book about a trio of girls at a university who love poetry. It was more a about one of those girls and her childhood trauma and relationship with her parents. And I loved it. At first you may think it to be a classic "depressed mysterious not like other girls" book with flat characters and tired tropes, but the author breaks through that surface and seriously dissects the main characters life. This book tackles mother-daughter relationships and how grief affects and shapes a person throughout their life, as well as how to move away from that. It's a coming of age story and so much more and I absolutely loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

theweepingwillow_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.0

Had so much potential to be great

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Drug use