Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body by Megan Milks

3 reviews

rororow's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

Not for everyone, I know, but I felt like this book was my teenage experience. Amazingly written and unravels in the most insane way at the end.
It wasn’t mentioned, but to me, Margaret is absolutely coded autistic and it made my relationship to her teenage hood so much stronger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Body shaming

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Body horror

kspears's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

“Where detective fiction promises knowledge and order, this story is aligned with unknowing” (p. 255). 

Margaret, a child sleuth, grows up and loses her sense of self. This novel is queer in every sense of the word. It explores the early queer isolationism, finding family, and recognizing that societal pressure is a red herring to genuine acceptance of self.

The final letter of the book sent me into a research spiral and emotional tailspin. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Toxic friendship

nicolemhill's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide