Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

110 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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lisahknn's review against another edition

dark sad 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Outing

06_trinity's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Death, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

kindakatha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

bookmorderin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury

ashwood_15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kristengilmore84's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

dieemmse's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? N/A

3.5

The book was beautifully written. The protagonist is relatable, especially in the way he confronts therapy and his development until he accepts that he did need help and that talking about his problems is necessary.
The writing style is easy to read and I had no issues at all following the story and characters.
Especially regarding mental health this book shows the complexity of this topic and how it can show in different people (Jeff, Sadie, Martha for example) and while it is mainly hopeful it has scenes where it shows that not every story ends a happy way. 
However while I really enjoyed the book there were some passages that I had to fight myself through to keep going, not because it was graphic or uncomfortable but because I thought it was either a little repetitive or slow, also the

author could've been a little more clear about Jeff's SA by Rankin since its onky off-handedly mentioned as molestation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, 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

aslitees35's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Self harm