Reviews with content warning for Suicide - Hello Beautiful

Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

66 reviews

liljes'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? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book took me a long time to read and had been written off in my did not finish list for a long time, but I recently felt that I should pick it up again. It can be a bit of a slog in parts, but reading it is certainly worth it. The book paints a very vivid portrait of depression and is painfully human in every part, which is the best part.

Content Warnings

tayloramazing's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Content Warnings

ggiralte's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

i have a lot of thoughts. but i think i’ll start with the first one which is my thought at the end. i liked and disliked the ending

(bc it was sad).

i think the ending tied it up in a bow even if not all the ribbon was there.

time for honesty. i hated julia as a character. her pov through the first half of the book had me close to hitting my head with the book. i was so frustrated with her, and that only continued. i could see part of myself in her, with how she was a planner, but she never thought to look at her “plans” with a different lens. she thought she was high and mighty. i don’t pity her. she did it to herself.

at first i didn’t like the whole

sylvie and william thing. i thought it was a little odd. but as it went on, i realized how perfectly they fit. and it was really wholesome, so incredibly sad at the end when she passed. i’m proud of their character developments, sylvie with herself and william with alice/caroline.

i would’ve liked an epilogue to see a little taste of the future but i’m ok with how it ended.

Content Warnings

keats1787's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

Content Warnings

clkrause's review against another edition

Go to review page

medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

WORDS:

stymied (pg 21)
caterwauled (pg 107)
cassocked (pg 165)
maelstrom (pg 215)
manacled (pg 219)
talisman (pg 228)
besotted (pg 231)
moxie (pg 233)
ailing (pg 255)
discomfited (pg 264)
infinitesimal (pg 295)

I quite seriously almost quit reading this book at page 18 because the insinuation that not only finding sombrero in a Mexican American family's trashcan, but furthermore, that finding said sombrero after A CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION, is a perfectly normal, reasonable thing to write. While yes, a sombrero likely fits the celebratory garb one might associate with Cinco de Mayo, it is largely an American holiday (it's not widely celebrated outside of Puebla in Mexico). While the holiday may have a different past regarding its celebration in the US, over recent decades (i.e. when this book takes place), it has become more and more commercialized. Is this detail plausible? Sure. But it's (at least) equally as likely that you could find the sombrero in the trashcan of one of the Padavano's Italian neighbors after a cinco de mayo celebration. It appears Napolitano lacks diversity in her staff and colleagues and/or has failed to cultivate an environment in which those who know better feel comfortable voicing such.

*stepping off my soapbox* Once I got past page 18, I overall enjoyed the book. I had some issues with some choices made by Napolitano at a plot level, as well as how certain characters were written in/out of the story. But overall, enjoyable read. Also, the cover art is beautiful.

Content Warnings

ocbyrd3's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

Content Warnings

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Hello emotionally devastating book.
Personally haven’t read little women in about 10 years but I wholeheartedly believe this is 20th century little women

Content Warnings

bethtriesreading's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Content Warnings

jenna_emiko's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional reflective slow-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i liked the beginning then the middle was really slow but the last third was good especially the last 10% of the book. i cried :(

i liked william’s pov the most. julia really bothered me though so 3.5 stars

Content Warnings

dizzymisslizzy's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

Content Warnings

More...