Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

84 reviews

bookshelfhannah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

mrslsmith's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

alicefaye_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

rachelhodgkins's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death of parent

bw23's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.75

Well written, excellent portraiture of alcoholism but a slow tough read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

snl07002's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

jessrosenthal's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

5 stars
Shuggie Bain tells the beautiful story of the relationship between a mother and son, tainted by the struggles of alcoholism and poverty.
In this covert tragedy, Stuart highlighte Shuggies unconditional love for Agnes, from the ages 6-17, despite how she fails him throughout the years.
Stuart perfectly depicts the affects of addiction on a family dynamic and makes Agnes a lovable character despite her flaws, showing the reader that she has clear love for Shuggie but is helpless in her decisions to become sober.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

manoeklambregts's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

ruthmac's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

emilymdxn's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail