Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin

22 reviews

makikaze's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

rainyreadss's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

vapourwavey's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

brutal, cerebral, visceral, intense—this epistolary text defies categorization as a love letter, a suicide note and a political act altogether.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

andratalpi's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

dycojams's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Animal death and Sexual content

sapphicbookfae's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Racial slurs, Rape, Vomit, and Alcohol

gagne's review

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death and Grief

Qiu Miaojin was a famous lesbian Taiwanese writer who died by suicide in Paris in 1995 and this book is loosely based on her life prior to her death and was published post-mortem.

uhm_kai's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

I want to share this book with everybody dear to me, but at the same time I want to keep it for myself. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

electrifyingpenguin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

Never have I come across a protagonist who lays out her feelings for another like this. It's raw and emotionally devastating, and knowing Qiu Miaojin's background only makes the writing more intense. I didn't like it as much as Notes of a Crocodile without all the social criticism, but it strikes a different chord with how brutally honest the writing is about the protagonist's love and obsession for her ex-girlfriend. It really feels disturbingly like reading the author's thoughts leading up to her suicide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide