Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

50 reviews

bookwormkeeks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, and Mass/school shootings

jsamsel19's review against another edition

dark sad medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

vonny3492's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Murder

dxnatelli's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Classism

erkoning's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

One of the best thrillers I've read. The audiobook reader was good. Deals with many intense issues, so check the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Vomit, and Abandonment

_mikenyikes's review against another edition

3.0

It would’ve been four stars if I read it when it came out, but the book does not hold up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Murder

januaryghosts's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

I could not handle all of the eating disorder and body dysmorphia in this novel. There are pages of this book that could be cut down if we weren’t subjected to paragraph after paragraph about what food Ani is eating or trying to not eat or how much weight she has gained or lost to fit into more equally over-described clothes. It’s just this ongoing neurosis in the novel that doesn’t contribute to the plot or character’s journey. By the end, we’re supposed to believe that Ami is committed to becoming a better person and to getting help for herself, but her disordered eating isn’t really addressed. It honestly kind of felt like the author included all of that to bag on women and how they treat their bodies and the bodies of others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

kwoot7's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Choosing not to rate at the moment (4/26/24) due to the heaviness of the book making me not feel comfortable finishing the last <50 pages at this time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

lianathereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Gore, Infidelity, Blood, and Outing

siobhanward's review

dark tense medium-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

3.0

This book felt... unnecessarily intense? If that makes sense? The plot was ok - the characters, especially Ani were unlikable, but I get that was intentional. The afterword from Knoll about her own experiences definitely added a lot of context, but even then it didn't necessarily justify how graphic a lot of the book was. Knoll definitely has a gift for writing characters that were hard to like, and while it worked in this book, it still made the book a challenging read. I also was kind of frustrated that with the build up to what happened with the Five at Bradley, I wish there had been a bit more resolution around that. It just felt like everything wrapped up suddenly and that was it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Murder