Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

1 review

sea_tea_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

"Friends are the family we choose for ourselves." (p. 219)

Triggers:

Details of Suicide, Adult-Minor Relationship Resulting in Pregnancy, Death, Emotional abuse

While the author had a great writing style for telling stories, I felt this book should have come with trigger warnings. There were disturbing and depressing elements to this story.

The main character Arthur was reminiscent of A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Phillip Stead. And then things got darker.

Talk of suicide, an adult-minor relationship resulting in an unplanned pregnancy, daily visits among gravesites, sheesh. And a bittersweet ending.

4 ⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment