Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

238 reviews

shannonmmay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Rape, Sexual violence, Racism, Self harm, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Blood, Death, Incest, Death of parent, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Child death, Classism, Sexism, Animal death, and Child abuse

escsteger's review

dark hopeful inspiring sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book ripped my heart into a million pieces and it also is just divinely beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Incest, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Outing, Rape, Animal cruelty, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug abuse

ladystardust1979's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

heidiwelsch's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

3.0

Way too much violence and trauma for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Abortion, Suicide, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Death, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Self harm, and Incest

laurenkimoto's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This falls in the niche genre that is “the authors love letter to their mother knowing they may never read it”. 
This book is here for all the female relationships one will have as a child and how these shape you and can almost break you. I am emotionally devastated 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Child death, Excrement, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Cursing, Grief, Pedophilia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Ableism, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, and Racial slurs

katebrownreads's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Violence

ohheytaylorrae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Incest, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

emfrmc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Death, Child death, Violence, Physical abuse, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Suicide, Self harm, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Animal death

icedfrapp's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Racism, Rape, Incest, Self harm, Child death, and Suicide attempt

macca_rooney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Rape