Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow

42 reviews

audreylee's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

Grief goes on forever. It may change from an overwhelming, drowning pain to more of an ebb and flow but it will never go completely away. This is what sixteen-year-old Grace "Tiger" Tolliver discovers following the unexpected death of her mother. She loses her only family member and her life as she knew it. She also discovers the hidden griefs of those around her. Tiger meets many people of differing circumstances and learns how to process her grief and anger in good ways and bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

lilyp04's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Mental illness, Child abuse, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Self harm, and Domestic abuse

4_kozer4's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

anniereads221's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Racism

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wishyouweresober's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Physical abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abortion

This book is really dark, PLEASE LOOK AT THE CONTEXTS WARNINGS FIRST!!!

chloe_08's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Body horror

Minor: Abandonment and Cursing

nara_knl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

losing someone is terrible… but grieving and living with that big suck… that’s even harder…
i wish i read this one sooner, after losing my cousin who meant the world to me, i was just as lonely and sad as tiger..
this book is great for grieving people, friends of grieving people, people without any contact to grieving…
this is a beautiful, heartbreaking and at the same time healing book! 
(still not as good as girl in pieces tho)
thank you kathleen glasgow for turning the hard things life into something wonderful!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Self harm, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Addiction, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcoholism, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Child abuse, Bullying, Grief, and Violence

paigereitz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, and Addiction

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicide

_han_na_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

ksalzanooo's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Death, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts