Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Sekret Julii by Tahereh Mafi

54 reviews

spatterson7's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

nukie19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.25

I want to love the idea of this series but find the characters just impossible. Juliette spends all her time describing everything in this abstract poetry but it’s always things happening to or around her. She so rarely does anything and when she does, it’s usually cry. Adam got even more frustrating in this book, but I did enjoy more of Kenji. Not sure I’m going to put more time into this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

maddie_0930's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and War

rachelr_reads309's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism and Cursing

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

this was so amazing. tahereh’s writing is poetic but not hard to read. i want to highlight half of the words. will definitely be going back one day to annotate this. i knew i was in for a rollercoaster when i was crying less than 100 pages in. emotional wreckage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

amazure's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Murder

jailynm13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

datgirllani's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

“I can love him, but I can’t depend on him to be my backbone. I can’t be my own person if I constantly require someone else to hold me together.” I couldn’t put this book down, read it all in a whole day. The plot is so addicting, like you just HAVE to know how the story continues. Kenji is my favorite character. We see a different, more serious side of him and start to wonder about his life before he met Juliette. We see more of Warner and his love for Juliette genuinely makes you root for him to be end game. Adam, sweet, Adam. He’s perfect, but there’s something about Warner who only has a soft spot for Juliette that makes him so more appealing. Also….we will NOT talk about the “Adam incident”. I threw my book at the wall. Anywho, read this book, read this series. You have too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Abandonment, and Colonisation

notbambi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

Big improvement on the first book for me. The non-romance plot was more focused, the romance plot actually gave us reasons to root for Warner, or at the very least empathise with him (and it wasn't the dumb dog bit), and it didn't even have to make Adam into a bad guy to do it. Juliette figures out that love can't magically fix everything wrong with her life and that she is capable of being a complete person without needing Adam to be her emotional crutch. 

I will say that some of the writing gets a little bit cringey, but it's improved. We aren't subjected to classic lines like Shatter Me's "my dreams are bloody and bleeding and blood is bleeding". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic relationship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture