Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

18 reviews

kadinelouise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

the_robyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent

msladyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

tlholmes's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Classism

meemawreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Devoured this. This 2012 memoir has inspired me to read her fiction! "Why be happy when you could be normal?" was the sentence Jeanette got from her hateful evangelical mother when Jeanette came out. The first half of the book chronicles her difficult childhood in this loveless home, the second half takes us through her processing of the effects it had on her adulthood. It's triggering in quite a few ways so make sure you look those up. Four and a half taters 🥔🥔🥔🥔🍠/🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia and Abandonment

sunflowerwork's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

misslaurenreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

This was just ok to me. Jeanette’s sorry is incredible and interesting but I found her method of storytelling hard to follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

soupy_twist's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Homophobia

amisk23's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Suicide attempt

hattiefrankie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Incredibly raw. I felt so many emotions reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Mental illness and Suicide attempt