Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Glitterland by Alexis Hall

40 reviews

jnreads's review against another edition

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

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Drug abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia

ehmannky's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

As Hall says in this edition, this is one of his earlier books and his style isn't fully formed yet. But this is still a lovely and romantic little novel. I think it is well-paced, with great characters (I think Hall does such a good job depicting people with severe mental illness as complex figures whose mental illness sometimes makes them miserable to be around while still being worthy of love and respect), and a great plot. I would recommend getting the latest edition so that you can get the Aftermath story, because I think it's a much better ending than the original. A bit heavier than some of his other books, with a lot of explicit mentions of a past suicide attempt and some generally awful behavior from many characters. But it still manages to be so lovely and hopeful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

howdydoo22's review

emotional funny tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Sexual content, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Mental illness

aansano's review

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

charliewarliee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

3.75

A nice, well written book with a romance that starts out happy, then goes sad, and then becomes happy at the end. My main complaints are how the book deals with sensitive topics like depression and anxiety, mentioning them in places where they didn’t contribute anything to the story. It feels like they were randomly put there. Another annoyance is the dialogue, which feels incredibly forced in most places. There is also a sex scene in literally every chapter. Overall, a fun read that did make me laugh a bit, even with some quite big flaws.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia

rachelizx's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

shleepymj's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Self harm

rdebner's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt

leaf_arrow's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Classism, Self harm, and Mental illness

lynns_lovely_library's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was good but not great. I am always a fan of gay romance and mental health representation but it wasn't my favorite out the genre. I loved the romance and the development of the characters though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Ableism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol and Bullying