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Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

17 reviews

emmaraaae's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

loved

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Outing

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laurstars's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

andreamhi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

sky_lar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I think this book was good at not draggin  the plot,there were some funny points in the book but at the same time the way sexual assault is seen in the book isn't okay

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

notsosecretbookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

daringreader13's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

mattie5's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Medical content

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, and Blood

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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

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

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

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.

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

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Drug use

zc2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

Great I hated getting attached to a certain character. Shattered my heart like glass

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt