Reviews with content warning for Suicide - Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick

8 reviews

wuthrinheights's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I read this book once, over 9 years ago and it made me cry and I loved it. I picked it up today, read it in one sitting for about 3 hours, and cried and cried past midnight.

Leonard Peacock reminds me of Holden Caulfield. The kind of kid who questions things that people his age don't think about, who ponders and ponders, which make people so angry with him for challenging their beliefs. That he went through something awful when he was younger and it hindered his growth, and he is trying so hard to pin down what happened and why did it happen to him, and how can people live so blindly?

I've always loved Quick's writings. It's never a black and white with him, he makes grey areas feel more comfortable and real. And I loved that he referenced Hamlet a lot, with so many interesting information peppered in the chapters. And I wish I could tell Leonard that he's so brave for dealing with all that. I want him to have better birthdays.

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missgrangerr's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

STUNNING! This book is so beautiful, its truly moving, hands down one of the best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Finished it in a day, I had to know if he went through with the plan and I loved spending every second of this day with Leonard.

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terezi's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny fast-paced

Loveable characters? No

3.0

kind of like this book but i also kind of don’t i kind of really don’t

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evakarolina's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective 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? No

5.0

This book is a history of helplessness of a young, broken person in a brutal world. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone with suicidal thoughts or with because it’s really tense and the problem of suicide is explicit. I remember crying for a long time after I read the last sentences; for sure it’s a book that will stay with me forever.
The world should say „forgive me” to ALL Leonard Peacocks out there: people with terryfying past being a produkt of long-time neglect.

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