Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

6 reviews

david_slack110507's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Child abuse, Classism, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Racism, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Ableism, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Incest, Medical content, Vomit, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Cultural appropriation

ruffian23's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

bethsicle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Blood and Child death

loxeletters's review against another edition

reflective

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Confinement, Rape, Ableism, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death

seanml's review

reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

A very interesting look into the background of one of literature's most enduring novels. It's been a long time since I've read something with such trippy and intangible language. 7.5/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Classism, Slavery, Alcohol, Confinement, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, and Mental illness

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

theunrealyoung's review

challenging medium-paced

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

2.0

there's a lot of cleverness here, but not a lot to actually enjoy. I admire Rhys' reframing of Jane Eyre's love interest via the lesser told but utterly familiar tale of a man rejecting a woman because he cannot successfully mould her to his ideal. but I disliked most of her choices in prose, her iffy exploration of racial oppression, and the decision to make Rochester a viewpoint character.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts