Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

133 reviews

emilymichiels's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

ahandford's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

esmem's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Moderate: Death

katie_elise's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death

lucyjenks1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rberdan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I wanted to love this book as much as I was drawn to it. The love and dysfunction, the complexity of relationships, were captured well. And I couldn't quite place it as a favourite because the things that were so strong were undersupported by the somewhat imbalanced character development/depth. The story is a loose homage to Little Women while being its own, and given that it centres so strongly on the 4 sisters their development felt somewhat imbalanced and left me wanting a more cohesive fullness to the women.

The character development for Sylvie, William, and the twins were decent. Izzy's and Rose's stories were lightly explored, and that felt disjointed from the development of the others' stories. I suppose Julia also grew, but while I have compassion for what would have been hard for her

in navigating the relationship between Sylvie and William

I found her absolutely insufferable, self-centred, immature, and selfish, so I simply cannot honour her growth in any meaningful way. I'm the same age as Alice, and found so much of her experience

—particularly the loneliness, the self-sufficiency, the protectiveness of a single parent that come along with being the only child of a single mom—

uncomfortably relatable. 

What the book does remarkably well is articulate both grief and the way mental health was treated during the time period when this was set. Having experienced the loss of the person who knew me as well as I know myself,

and having lost that person to brain cancer,

I felt the process of grief very deeply. Having experienced depression and suicidal ideation, I felt deeply connected to

William's

experience and appreciative of how

Sylvie saw him

as I have been seen in the same way and it has saved me. There is a beautiful construction around these scenes that I deeply appreciated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

emmabjones's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

Wow, she does it again. An absolutely amazing book that I can’t recommend enough. A beautiful homage to Little Women that follows the ups and downs of four sisters in Chicago. Heartbreaking, full of love and forgiveness, I could talk about this book for hours. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

amphitritedreams's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death and Lesbophobia

frenchfrybri's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt