Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

31 reviews

nicjmorrow's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide attempt

bethhreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Stalking

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

nurlou's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

inked_in_pages's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime and Transphobia

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Outing, and Suicide attempt

kyking0117's review

emotional lighthearted medium-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

1.0

This lacked a lot of authenticity that I like to find within the LGBTQ books I read. The ending was also a let down. Just felt extremely cliche and lacking in depth, as if someone looked up what being gender-fluid meant and decided to based a character off of it.

Also a complete lack of pronoun usage or any acknowledgment of the importance of pronouns to the trans (and human) experience. I had to come back and make my review even lower, the more I thought about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Transphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm

im_just_vidu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

4.0

It's my first ever read of the year. And I should pat myself for choosing a book that isn't bad, so that might represent my whole reading year. I'm glad that this was my first read of the year. I don't have any bad things to say, so you might wonder why I didn't give the full 5 stars. There's no such reason. I like this book. It's informative and makes me feel valid. It just didn't hit the deepest part of my heart. Maybe because I expected a little bit more in the end. I love the way they accept themselves. I didn't feel it to the core. But I would happily recommend it to others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Bullying, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

megthelemon's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

carrotsxcks's review against another edition

challenging hopeful 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Bullying, Mental illness, and Homophobia

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

reading_rainbows's review against another edition

challenging

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Transphobia, Bullying, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

queenfury's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Child death, Outing, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide