Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

53 reviews

jpt007's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

This book is a masterpiece. It’s been years since I’ve had the chance to read it but after coming across a reel in Instagram I decided to seek it out.

Characters- 5/5*
Beautifully fleshed out. So much so that at time it’s very painful. I just wish I could give Kaden a big hug but I doubt that would do much good. Every character is so deep (pun intended).

Conflict- 5/5*
I don’t cry when reading books very often. I cried. I don’t know how Shusterman is able to put it to words so effortlessly but it was exactly right.

Plot- 5/5*

It shouldn’t have been that enthralling but it was. I did not want to stop reading it. Not even to get my sleep.

Setting- 5/5* 
Well developed and cryptic when it needed to be. The way he blended the two world together was seamless.

Theme- 5/5*

But it’s not going to happen today—and there is a deep, abiding comfort in that. Deep enough to carry me through till tomorrow.

Overall Score: 5/5⭐️

Read this book it is to good to not read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit and Suicide attempt

lyna_young's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide

ughh's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

andersonh92's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow! Beautiful!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

ms_sarah621's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Incest and Sexual assault

itsbumley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

The kind of book that demands a reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

ghostwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Vomit

spilled_ink_on_pages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

eriley's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I think I would need to read this a second time to really understand everything that was going on; at times I feel like I wasn't really taking in all the prose. The ending also seemed a bit underwhelming for me. But I really enjoyed this. The short vignettes and the back-and-forth between the "worlds" worked really well, and I think the metaphors weren't too heavy-handed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

buplupblup's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad 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: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Rape and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse