Reviews tagging 'Death'

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

14 reviews

maryyyyyy's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Critics will call this an "irreverent romp" or "scandalously funny." Very unique, I couldn't put it down, but I'm undecided on the ending. LOTS of content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Drug use, Grief, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Self harm, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cursing, and Sexual content

3mi1y's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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 of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Stalking, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Death, Eating disorder, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage and Alcohol

simrun__'s review against another edition

adventurous funny sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Lot of storylines weren't resolved, no real closure. A very simple ending for a book that delved into a lot of tough topics in the middle and nearing the end of the book.

That being said, it was a fun, fast read, I found the characters loveable and the setting enticing.

Edited rating from 3.25 to 3.75. Actually, this was a gripping, funny, chaotic, lesbian tale and I enjoyed it a lot, I just wouldn’t put a lot of weight and expectations for the treatment and resolution of the serious and heavy topics in here. It’s just a book about two fucked up lesbians!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Stalking

maidinnah's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A lustful, balls-to-the-wall, cheeky romp that explores the synergy between trauma and toxic relationships. It’s not a book for everyone; the main character is pathetic, inappropriate, but also hilarious. Some of the passages can be problematic (maybe for the sake of satire but it’s hard to say), while the plot is almost unbelievably absurd. Like the relationship at the center of this novel, I too have a love-hate regard for this novel and so I settled on 4/5 stars because I went along for this off-rails ride anyway. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse and Stalking

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Blood, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

mraddd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Moderate: Stalking, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Rape

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

alicialicia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-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

Weird & darkly humorous. Found myself entranced but also struggled to feel as though some of the emotional dynamics taking place between characters were earned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Infidelity, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit, Rape, and Cancer

readinglibraesq's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

abisnail564's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Animal death, Mental illness, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage and Lesbophobia

amiraonthewa11's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction

ecn's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Stalking, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Drug use, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts