Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee

93 reviews

catcherinthepi's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Bullying, and Racism

kitschysweater's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

libriinks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

saucy_bookdragon's review

A dark, introspective memoir that tackles racism-specifically microaggressions-suicide, abuse, mental health, and complicated friendships. The art style is beautiful with cartoonish people against realistic detailed backgrounds. The story cuts right to the emotion to help understand what the author went through. 

I also know for a fact a professor I had for a writing class is putting this straight into the syllabus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic friendship

aibautista21's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

woodsbookclub's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

This is a graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl's coming-of-age. I didn't love it as much as I expected, but it’s a solid 3.5 star for me, and I would recommend it to anyone. Deb JJ Lee's narrative of being a Korean-American with immigrant parents in a suburban New Jersey area addresses racism and the feeling of not truly belonging anywhere, and I think the last one is something we all can relate to. It was hard to read about Deb's experience, especially with their mum (who was emotionally and physically abusive), but the interactions with their dad were heartwarming, though he was complicit/complacent about their Mom's abuse. I also could relate to quite a few of Deborah's problems, particularly their mental health issues and their limited number of friends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Mental illness, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt

racism, verbal abuse, physical abuse, bullying, self-harm, suicide attempts, depression, anxiety, fat-shaming, body-shaming, medical content, and descriptions of plastic surgery

rofriedm's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

stephanienguy's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

bobabunnie's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

this book is gorgeous, and heart wrenching, and just so REAL. this book went way farther into the emotional moments than other graphic memoirs i’ve read, and i think it really does it well. started reading this in the middle of the night and couldn’t put it down, finished it at around sunrise. i do not regret it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Racism

maddognews's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This book was an emotional ride and wonderfully compelling. The art was beautiful and I could feel the emotions the author put into the book. Would recommend for anyone who’s battled with depression and feeling lost with themselves 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt