Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

People Like Us by Dana Mele

28 reviews

barry_benson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Murder, Violence, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Child death, Alcohol, Bullying, and Cursing

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, Outing, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Child abuse, and Biphobia

Minor: Pedophilia and Mental illness

kireeeeds's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

(THIS REVIEW IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK TO SHARE OPINIONS, I APOLOGIZE I DONT KNOW HOW TO WRITE REVIEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO DIDNT READ IT ALREADY HAHA)

When it reveals in the beginning that she had a secret and that it was so horrendous it couldn't be revealed,  I didnt think it would be that she "killed" her own brother. You guys know she didn't actually kill him but participated in it. Which is crazy since she so dearly loved him. I must admit I did think Kay was the killer at some point. I love the sapphic add-ons because I feel it adds more heat on the plot between Nola, Kay and Brie in a good way. (lol it rhymes) The only characters I didnt like were Holly, she needs to calm down it was giving very much brat behavior; and Tai because she annoyed me every now and then. I think the characters were less annoying but intersting because they caught my attention in an odd way. On another note the peoms such as Tai Burned Chicken, (tricias, i forgot hers lol sorry. Hers was my favorite too) Madd tea party and so on, were amazingly put together, GOOD JOB NOLAA!! They perfectly reflect their past's and how it led up to their current situation. Something I would've enjoyed more was a longer scene explaining nolas true feelings and their fight. Also an apology from Kay's friends -_- The tension correlates perfectly with the dark academia theme. 
Dark 4/10 Academia 6/10, YA 9/10. Overall very good to start off my tbr list of 55+ YA dark academia books >v<

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Violence, Suicide, and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming

hannahg3mm311's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Adult/minor relationship

kuromium's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

i liked this book a lot. i think the plot is interesting enough on its own but it has really good character development. it really felt like you were learning with the main character and trusting/mistrusting people with her. none of the characters are without flaw but that makes them so interesting. a lot of the time i didn’t agree with the main character’s choices but i understood why. the ending was fine, slightly rushed but still interesting. a quick read with very good storytelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Fatphobia and Homophobia

graceheiberger's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, and Suicide

kelseyholler's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Bullying, and Grief

typedtruths's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Death

Moderate: Animal death

sallysimply's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This is probably perfect for fans of Pretty Little Liars and the like. It started out strong, but I could not get invested in the main character AT ALL, which made the entire thing a little tedious at times. The central mystery was interesting enough (though I knew who did it almost instantly), but all the layers of Kay's backstory felt unnecessary and dragged out, to the point that once we learned everything at the very end, I truly could not have cared less.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia and Antisemitism