Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Valley of the Dolls 50th Anniversary Edition by Jacqueline Susann

27 reviews

rose12435's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is dark and like bojack horseman for girls that enjoy drama and misery. While this book isn't happy, I genuinely enjoyed finding out how much worse the characters could get.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

This book is dark and not afraid to hurt it's reader. Please please please be careful when reading it

mooncraftbujo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

autumnn_96's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Ok so this has been my absolute FAVORITE book I've read all year! When you understand the history of cinema and how people became stars, this book will really engage you. And I really enjoyed the fact that the ending is not cookie cutter, but very real. Sex, love and drugs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

alpal_collective's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism and Homophobia

jupitervivienne's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

Like reality tv in book form. It’s not a piece of outstanding writing or anything, but with all the stereotypical scandalous Hollywood tropes it’s a fun read. Heavy on the offensive content that makes it clear it’s from the 60s, though at some point you just accept everyone and everything being awful and ride it out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Lesbophobia

kendallofavonlea's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

ellereads__'s review against another edition

dark sad

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

bxcvi's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Fatphobia, Medical content, Abortion, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

morenowagain's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

This novel uses the word f*g/f*ggot over 25 times.

melanyseescribecony's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Este libro me sacudió. Aunque las protagonistas no eran perfectas ni siempre tomaban buenas decisiones, empaticé mucho con ellas y cada vez que sufrían se me partía el corazón. Después de leer esto, definitivamente cambio mi forma de ver a las modelos hegemónicas.

Nunca voy a superar lo que le hicieron a Jennifer. Y ESE FINAL LPM Lyon Burke public enemy n°1. Neely I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you, HOW DARE YOU.

Mi conclusión final es que todos los hombres son una bosta. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Homophobia and Racism