Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

27 reviews

dizzymisslizzy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Child death

Minor: Homophobia

sestrout's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

A moving story of 4 sisters across time and stages of life. Definitely a slow book that I’d say you’d have to be here for the right reasons—to know the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

sam_griffin's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

Can’t get enough dysfunctional family drama. Maybe that’s why I like the Jonas Brothers so much?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Suicide

martieliz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

sarah_simpkins's review against another edition

emotional slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Death, Abandonment, Cancer, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Child death, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

fullybookedwithdanielle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Terminal illness, Death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

kpg1124's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

An achingly beautiful and real story of family and heartbreak and loss and grief and love. Overall mood of the book is melancholy and purposefully reminiscent of Little Women. Very thought provoking book regarding family dynamics and life choices. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

ulviyyask'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death

foxreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

When it comes down to it, Hello Beautiful is about family, separating, and finding your way home. Napolitano writes a beautiful narrative spanning decades that at once captures the ebbs and flows of daily life, and changes made over years. 

While this is told from multiple POVs, and does take a little while to get into as you get to know William, Julia and Sylvie, the plot has little repetition, and allows one to know characters through difficult situations and internal conflict. You can clearly see how this is going to end, but it is no less meaningful. This one almost ended up in the freezer. 

TW: Mental health, depression and suicide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent

jadeneedy's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.25

A lovely book that I didn’t want to put down. Such beautiful, deep description that really made the world and characters come to life in my mind. At times, some people’s feelings and situations would be over explained instead of giving the reader space to infer and reflect. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Alcoholism