Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett

10 reviews

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abortion, Alcohol, Medical content, Medical trauma, Body horror, Cancer, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

eliran's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Medical content, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Fatphobia, Grief, Cancer, Drug use, Blood, and Death

Minor: Abortion and Alcoholism

riri_pdx's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Self harm

Minor: Abortion

cjlehr's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

One of the beet books I’ve read all year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Drug use

tanya_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism

sammantha's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

One of my favourite books of all time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Cancer, Drug use, Medical content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Minor: Car accident

lancakes's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

I'm bummed that what started out so beautifully ended so tragically. I don't know if I'd have picked up the book if I were aware Lucy Grealy passed away after many suicide attempts and addiction to heroin. Not that I find such things Wrong or Shameful - but honestly they hold a lot of fear and darkness for me. I want to watch La Bohème and Orpheus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Drug use, Death, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Minor: Abortion

usedtotheweather's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

The story of the friendship between the tortoise and the hare/ the ant and the grasshopper. About being adjacent to someone, friendship and care

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

ellenorr's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

3.0

I don’t know how I feel about this book. I devoured it, but guiltily—like it was immoral to read a text that feels so exploitative. I will be thinking about it for a long while. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Addiction

carsonautri's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I would read Ann Patchett's grocery list. Everything she writes feels like magic to me, and this book is no different. Even though it felt repetitive at times (as it is to have a friend who complains like Lucy does), I couldn't put it down. I wish I could explain what I love about it, but it's just beautiful.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual content