Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

32 reviews

chelle22's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Pregnancy, Cancer, Violence, Abortion, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

soph_ship's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

2.5

Not sure how I feel about the premise. Feels icky at some points and quite unrealistic for most of it. Writing was fine.

Would absolutely never recommend to survivors of sexual assault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual content, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Rape, and Child death

Minor: Car accident

srjennings's review against another edition

hopeful relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.5

It was an easy, light, enjoyable read. A lot of things seemed very unrealistic or improbable, but looking beyond that, the story was interesting because of the character'  relationships and the themes   of family, forgiveness and trauma.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Suicide

wellreadmegs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow wow wow this book was phenomenal! Definitely the best book I've read this year! 

So many heavy topics covered in this book but also how brave and incredible these characters are. The entire book revolves around the topic of forgiveness. For the victims, for the families of the victims, for the perpetrator. So many people are affected by this one act. Even 8 years later, this book shows the fallout of that. But when the dust settles how do you move on? How do you live your life? 

This book featured so many layers. I loved hearing from both Jacob & Sara's perspectives. There was so much hurt and so much love in this book - I loved how realistic it was. The author mentioned in her notes at the end of the book that she likes writing bittersweet endings &. I think in this scenario she did it justice. The author did mention she had written a letter from Sara to Birdie that would have tied things up nicely but decided to leave it out. As much as I am curious to read it I am satisfied with the ending - although a little too abrupt for my liking. 

I would have also loved to read Hosea's letter to Sarah but it almost felt too intimate for the readers to hear since Hosea only ever spoke in Poetry. Speaking of poetry, I think it worked in this book. I don't love reading it but the way it was weaved into the story and text was beautiful even if I didn't fully understand it. I simply cannot recommend this book enough, especially for a debut author. I cannot wait to read her next one! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide, Pregnancy, and Rape

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Terminal illness, Rape, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Child death

Minor: Suicide

peachani's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Confinement, and Medical content

Minor: Grief, Terminal illness, Cancer, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, Rape, Classism, Death of parent, and Death

repunzee's review against another edition

challenging hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

1.5

I enjoyed the writing but could not get behind anything in the story. There was lots of room for themes of forgiveness and family that the author seemed to want to delve into, but none of it was handled with any depth. When the big decision to finally meet the family happened it was shoved into the last chapter and therefore wasn't explored beyond walking into the room and book over. The romance crowded this book and I think undermined a lot of what could have been good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Cancer

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Child death

katharina90's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

A strong debut and a moving exploration of trauma and forgiveness. The style of writing really resonated with me and I was hooked from the first page. 

Felt like a love letter to poetry too which I enjoyed. What an interesting idea to have a character who only communicates in poems.

What didn't sit well with me was that no one really holds Birdie accountable for her abusive behaviors/actions. I understand why the author wrote it this way but I don't think it should be normalized. But maybe that's a me problem because this is very personal and triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Classism, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: Racism

cortingbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Whew! The feelings this book dragged out of me. Every year there is always that one book that shreds my heart to pieces and then puts it back to together. This is that book. 10/10. No notes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

fkshg8465's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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

4.75

This book was extremely hard to read. I hated Sylvia more than I hated Birdie or even Daniel. I couldn’t fathom how Sara could even look at Jacob without roiling in disgust (meaning I know I couldn’t). So while is a beautiful story, it’s also far too unrealistic for my brain to grasp. Perhaps I’m less charitable than Sara. Perhaps Sara is more of an aspiration for the kind of heart I would like to have someday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, Grief, Rape, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Car accident