Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

28 reviews

readingwithrickwood's review

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

regen20's review

reflective 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

3.0

I didn’t know what to expect from this book, but I was pleasantly surprised. The middle has me hooked, but the ending felt like it left something out. An interesting description of middle age.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol and Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

milojean_reads's review

emotional reflective slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Eating disorder, and Drug use

milesofkiles's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction

itisnatal's review

challenging slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Suicide

Moderate: Body shaming and Drug use

hannakutlu's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

hajarfoundi's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Mental illness, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, and Drug use

dilani's review

challenging dark reflective fast-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

2.5

First character study for me. Our unnamed character claims to have an obsession with fellow tenure track professor Vladimir. This claimed obsession wasn’t all that clear. I’d rather say she loved the fantasy of him but reality couldn’t meet her expectations. Interesting book but the ending left me unsatisfied. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Cursing, and Suicide

Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, and Death of parent

stitchnlich's review

challenging dark reflective 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

3.5

This book was a train wreck, in that it was grotesque, obscene even, but I couldn’t have looked away even if I wanted to.  The book introduces its prickly, unlikable narrator with its uncomfortable first sentence and it doesn’t get better from there in terms of allowing the reader feel at ease.  I don’t think it is a coincidence that the character after which the book is called is named in a way that calls back to the author of another controversial book about obscene sexual interests, or to a famous murderer, or to a hated dictator.  It is well written and thought-provoking but unnerving and uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

joannanewsom's review

dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicide