Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Ihmemaa by Juno Dawson

24 reviews

alexa_bmn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Death, Sexual assault, and Drug use

Moderate: Incest and Deadnaming

hazel_t23's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Transphobia, Suicide, and Self harm

Minor: Death

Also includes a scene where a character commits arson.

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Transphobia, and Vomit

Minor: Deadnaming, Death of parent, Incest, Animal death, and Alcoholism

Also drugging and mentions of an overdose death occur in the book.

anettainkeri's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Gun violence, Incest, and Vomit

kellyinbookland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Drug use, and Suicide

that_bookworm_guy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

A clever modern day retelling of Alice in Wonderland featuring a trans main character, yes please!! 

Throughout the book, there are quotes from Alice in Wonderland woven throughout and characters that share similarities to the original characters. 

The story is interesting and strange, and honestly wild. But very enjoyable. 

It's dark, and it's messy and focuses a lot on mental health. But as a trans person, I could see a lot of similarities in mine and Alice's experiences. I love being able to see parts of myself in fictional characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Vomit, Violence, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Self harm, and Mental illness

Minor: Incest

emilymay_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Transphobia, and Mental illness

tqlikesbooks's review against another edition

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

3.75

 

"I've been known to visualise killing up to six people each morning before breakfast."

A fun, edgy Alice in Wonderland retelling with a pansexual trans girl protagonist, who makes questionable decisions but you can't help but root for her.
Y'know YA Contemporary is so not my genre (it wasn't even when I could be considered a 'Young Adult'), but somehow I can always trust Juno to deliver an thoroughly enjoyable story. I like the decadence and excess of her 'London Trilogy' (actually just very loosely related characters/stories in the same setting). I like the humour. It's just a jolly good time.

Did it veer into cheesy British SOAP levels of dramatic ridiculousness for the finale? Absolutely! Did that ruin my enjoyment? Not really! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Mental illness

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

Minor: Transphobia

lilymurph's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

mxjx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, Transphobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Deadnaming