Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

3 reviews

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

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

kredeprnz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The way this book handled the MC's sexuality, and used it as a plot device was absolutely awful. The way it handled Sexual Assault and Rape was atrocious as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail