Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel

37 reviews

beliboville's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

deliriumania's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal death

Minor: Torture and Cannibalism

catrickbateman's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

It’s hard not to fall in love with the only blanket in winter. And love, Grand did.

IM SO DEVASTATED THAT I FINISHED THIS WAAHHH 😖 tiffany mcdaniel is the IT girl for me now.. both of her books are so magically written, so familiar and so truthfully poignant i feel like i’m leaving family when i finish her stories. 
they are STORIES, there’s a whole world inside this book, hundreds of people and places and feelings that were so REAL and fleshed out. i honestly had no idea where this book was going but i loved every page and chapter more than the last. not sure i’ve ever felt such love and fondness for a fictional story character before Grand & im sure i’ll think about his character long after finishing this book. 
just such beautiful, rich, quality writing with twists and turns, characters with souls, reflection, red herrings and dead ends. i already want to read again IM SERIOUS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Blood

kayleighcanread's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Bullying

Minor: Rape and Cannibalism

christcore's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Incredible. Extremely intense. Check content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Sexual content

divafern's review against another edition

Absolutely maudlin. Without going too far into it, it tries to do too much. The writing is interesting in some places and yet liberally peppered with laughably bad metaphors and tired stereotypes. Just see the list of content warnings to get a feel for the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

becks4books's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

penelopeja's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Murder

irisfromthevillage's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Cannibalism

melsbookshelves03's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

4.5 rounding up to 5 for Goodreads. I really enjoyed this one a lot. I didn't know what to expect when starting in terms of tone or atmosphere, but immediately fell into the small town southern gothic vibes the author was writing on the page. I liked the almost lyricist-esque prose in parts but some may find it a bit much. To me, the writing was fantastic and really cemented me in that time period and place. I listened to this one on audio and thought the narrator was absolutely fantastic. He did an amazing job of giving off the right atmosphere in his narration. The one complaint I have of this book is that Fielding is telling the reader parts of his life story that do not coincide with the summer the main chunk of the book is about. These parts where the timeline jumps to other years and days felt very jarring and confusing at times because there is no signal that lets the reader know he is now talking about another part of his life. Other than that, I found it to be a very atmospherical and enjoyable read (despite all the tragedy within). I think this would be most interesting to reread at some point having the knowledge of the ending at hand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, and Murder