Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Más allá de mi reino by Yaa Gyasi

84 reviews

noshelfcontrolll's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

5.0

While it took me a bit to get into, I am in love with this book. The way that Yaa Gyasi speaks about grief and addiction is heartbreaking, but her addition of Gifty’s inner struggle with science and religion, and how she reconciled with the events happening in her life in contrast to what she is told in church is absolutely beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Addiction, Grief, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Racism

voraciouslycurious's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Be preparing to invest your time if you begin this book; slow going as main character struggle with painful past and depressed mother during frequent flashbacks to childhood.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, and Grief

nell_bell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Racism, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

rosies_book_shelf's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Racial slurs, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

casey62442's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

Wonderful story about science, religion, addiction, and family. Made me reflect on my own beliefs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse

ps2's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

amiablebookworm's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Drug abuse, and Addiction

sfbookgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

What I love most about this story are the relationships that the main character has with family. Gifty, a sixth-year Ph.D. student at Stanford University, studies reward-seeking behavior in mice as a tool to discover why her brother was addicted to OxyContin. Raised in a religious household, Gifty grapples with the tension between science and religion and how to balance these two important aspects of her life. 

 

I have yet to read Yaa Gysai’s Homegoing, but I really enjoyed Transcendent Kingdom. Some of the scenes involving the lab mice made me squirm and I didn’t love the fact that there were several incorrect Bay Area references, but overall, I liked this character study. Transcendent Kingdom might resonate more with readers who identify as religious, but I found the main character’s inner battle between religion and science fascinating. I can’t see myself rereading this book, but it’s one I will definitely keep on my shelf to remind myself of Gyasi’s prolific writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Animal cruelty

amycrehore's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

I loved this book. So sad, transcendent, and reflective. A story and character I think we can all relate too even if we don’t have the same exact experiences. Beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Suicide

amberinbookland's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt