Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Second Glance by Jodi Picoult

5 reviews

owls_rainbow's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Self harm

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is not what u thought it was going to be. From the beginning, I was a little surprised by the subject matter, but having read many of her other books, I trusted her to take me on a journey. It was written differently than many of her other works. It reminded me of the movie Babel - a bunch of disparate stories that eventually are all connected. I don’t normally like this kind of storytelling, because there are often too many strings to track. In this case, it worked well, though there were as many surprises as there were anticipated plot points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Confinement, Abortion, Car accident, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Terminal illness, and Suicide

blueyogi's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Racism, and Child death

Minor: Colonisation, Infidelity, Car accident, Murder, and Death of parent

trippalli's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective 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

4.25

A fast read and interesting complicated mystery. I appreciate the social issues it calls to light on Native Americans rights, mistreatment, land, racism and more. The kids in this story are strong adventurers and I quite like their characters, Marie, intelligent and quirky.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Racism, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Car accident, Physical abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Colonisation

aguattery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Excellent excellent excellent. There were so many twists and turns, the first one actually made me bring my hand to my mouth. Some were predictable but in a way where it makes a lot of sense and it's not cheesy. The characters are well fleshed out and the mystery had me by the neck. The multiple POV's was a nice way to tie everything together. This was my first Jodi Picoult read and I plan to read more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Self harm, Terminal illness, and Ableism

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, and Sexual content