Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Say You Swear by Meagan Brandy

19 reviews

linaslittlelibrary's review

dark emotional reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I have seen it all over booktok and the book community. The last time it was in The Works, this was part of the 3 for £6 deal and I jumped at the chance.  

This book is a college romance based on Arianna Johnson and for years, she has dreamt of what college life could bring and while some things changed, there was always one constant. It didn’t matter how wild she allowed her imagination to run, it always led her to the same place in the end. It led her to Noah Riley. Her future was clear, and he was it. Until suddenly . . . he wasn’t. Now she is a shell of who she was, on a path too blurry to follow, and she sees no way out. No way up. They say that first loves last forever. That's exactly what she’s afraid of.  

I enjoyed the college romance aspect and how the girls were trying to live their lives and the found family and their actual families. I loved the friendship group (besides Chase, he is a complete asshole and can go and fuck himself) and how they were all so protective, but they all love each other and would fight for each other. I love that each of these boys have their own personality and I hope that each of them (again besides Chase) gets their own story and Cam and Trey get their own story. I love Cam and Brady and I hope we see more of them. I really do love how they are so fun and flirty but would also kick ass if needed.  

Arianna took a bit of time to warm up to me, mainly because of the innocent girl, I can’t make decision bullshit. I also deeply, and I mean deeply, HATEEEEE love triangles. They are the worst thing in the world and sometimes ruin a story more than miscommunication and this book had love triangles and miscommunication due to her memory loss. I also didn’t really love the memory loss and was seriously thinking that Arianna was going to end up with Chase, who didn’t get the kick in the balls that he deserved.  

This book didn’t need to be so long, it could have been cut maybe like 100 pages, but I loved Noah and Arianna together and hopefully they will appear in the second book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

tingelinda91's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

dmchesher's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

bookish_reese's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

3.75

The beginning of the book was really nice and I felt it flowed pretty well. Once I got to the twist it gave I felt a bit of whiplash from the different tropes added in it towards the end that I wasn’t expecting. There aren’t any trigger or content warnings but there are some events that could be potentially triggering towards maybe the last 65-70% of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

sabrinadawn19's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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: Medical trauma

Moderate: Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

carolinereadsalot's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Must read!! So freaking good!! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

culzean's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

readwithkel's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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? No

1.0

This is, without question, the worst book I have ever read. 

The dialogue was laughably cringy, there were probably 15 completely different plots, tons of unresolved storylines, and a plethora of pointless side characters with unnecessarily elaborate backstories. 

If I wasn’t reading this for my book club, this would’ve been a DNF for me. 

Honestly, who wants a romance with a side of

amnesia, 2 tragic car accident storylines, the love interest being orphaned, and characters that mostly only have sex when they’re heartbroken

This was literally just such a bizarre and horrible read. I don’t understand how it has so many positive reviews. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Grief