Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

15 reviews

emilymbrown's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

Absolutely jarring. Not what I was expecting at all but I fell so attached the moment I read the first page. Beautiful and scary and confusing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Grief, Suicide, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Pregnancy, Abortion, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

melinabarbuto's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Rape, Gun violence, Suicide, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Grief

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Gore, Drug use, Gaslighting, Self harm, Animal death, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal cruelty

bradypus's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This short story collection is an incredible interrogation of what it's like to be a queer femme person in modern society. I can't say that I enjoyed reading this book, but I will definitely read it over and over again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, and Suicide

stayshomeandreads's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense

5.0

for me, "especially heinous" was by far the best story and honestly one of the most engrossing reading experiences I've had this year. "the husband stitch" was a very close second and perfect retelling of my favorite childhood scary story. the rest of the stories were all really fantastic, but none of rest of them lived up to these two. that being said, this is still 100% a 5 star read for me.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide