Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

25 reviews

minervacerridwen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

The Calculating Stars is a really well-written slice-of-life report of the life of a brilliant mathematician in an alternate history defined by a meteorite impact. Even the technical parts kept me engaged, and the bits where the book seemed to slow down never lasted too long. While not the main plot, the story deals with sexism and racism, and I feel like I actually learned some things at the end.
I'm glad I finally got around to reading this book thanks to T & Fie!
(Note to my future self: for emetophobia reasons I will probably not want to reread this.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Antisemitism and Alcohol

asienerbrown's review

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

cj13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide attempt

rhall19's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Racism and Antisemitism

Minor: Suicide attempt

fantasycat's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

anjasshelf's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

aleareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit and Suicide attempt

carolined314's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

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

3.75

Alternate history can do many things, and this is a light, hopeful story with a complex but positive hetero relationship that you rarely get to see with strong women, along with some discussion of anxiety, prescriptions, and racism. It was clearly written by and for white women in a way that I found somewhat boring, but the sarcastic tone and fierceness of some of the ladies kept me reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Dementia, and Suicide attempt

angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt