Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

64 reviews

lindsaynmueller's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This book is a masterpiece of characterization, although at times his descriptions are a little too wordy. Beautiful turns of phrase that devastate you alongside the plot events. Love Flaubert’s use of free indirect discourse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

sifroni's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

tmickey's review against another edition

Emma just became more and more irritating until I just stopped caring what happened. Charles was also obnoxious, just in a different way. Ultimately I read a spoiler summary and realized the rest of the plot was not worth the time. I hate cheating in books anyway so I was already prepared to DNF if I wasn’t enjoying it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide, Medical content, and Medical trauma

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-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: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Medical content, and Classism

Moderate: Pregnancy

zeynus's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

jasmineandsweetbriar's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A perfect little novel. The prose is fantastic and the mapping out of the tragicomedy is so clever and sensitive to the nuances of human life. I feel so so bad for Charles and Berthe but I could empathise also with the dissatisfaction that Emma experienced. A book for our times, when we are constantly encouraged to yearn for more exotic experiences rather than treasure the people around us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Infidelity, and Suicide

squishmallow161's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Racial slurs and Toxic relationship

bleuennreads_'s review against another edition

reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

mazzoccatoadele's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

rip emma bovary you would have loved townie by mitski

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Suicide

Moderate: Racial slurs, Medical content, and Pregnancy

destinyryan's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

This will forever be one of my favorite books. You know when people ask who you would pick if you could have dinner/a conversation with a dead person? Flaubert. To talk about this book. I have read this in both French and English, and was struck each time by the sheer modernity of Flaubert’s commentary on debt, capitalism, and their impact on mental health. It is incredible how relevant the themes of this book remain. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide