Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Suicide Notes, by Michael Thomas Ford

6 reviews

samg01's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/injury detail, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Suicide, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual content, Incest, Death, Bullying, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia

Minor: Vomit and Murder

suzyh5317's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, and Gun violence

Minor: Toxic friendship, Drug use, and Bullying

grave_liminal's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

I rated this book a 1/5 for quite a few reasons. The biggest reason being the sexual assault descriptions that occurred within the book, that is never addressed or called out as sexual assault. The offender is also never punished for the offenses and the book almost glorifies and sexualizes the assaults.

Spoiler

Writing about a minor discovering their sexuality based on “not hating” the sexual assault he experiences, that he would have realistically been traumatized from, is beyond distasteful.

 

This book also brings up the question of who has the right to write about certain topics. I find it incredibly harmful to write a book of this manor while having minimal experience with suicide, self harm, sexual assault, or psychological wards. As someone who’s experienced most of the content in the book, the character’s experiences and reactions were unrealistic and far from relatable. Also reading the words “cat poop” every 2 pages gets extremely old. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Drug use

ecravens'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death, Cursing, Suicide, and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia and Bullying

miaaaahh's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Vomit

tstiltsxx711's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Mental illness, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Death, and Bullying