Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Água Doce by Akwaeke Emezi

336 reviews

tartanshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

phillygirl2013's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.5

I liked this book a lot. I didn’t really like the ending. The writing is amazinggggg. The different characters are interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism

arj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Car accident

mbs76's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

jmcampbell57's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

ctatu's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

zumpers's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

businesswife's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

A very challenging book with hard subjects matter. I don't know that I'm the right person to have read this book and gotten the most out of it. The reading however was gorgeous. The spiritual subject matter is beautiful. And the realistic view of trauma is painful but true. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

allygogo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

megatronic's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

The freshwater book is beautiful and made me cry a bit. Coming to terms with one's alternative selves in their brain, as it seems implied that they're schizophrenic? Or at least that theme.
Accepting one's selves, liking girls and guys, not loving ones given body - in whole, because of feeling other-worldly, or godly, due to the selves.

Sometimes my own brain, My own thoughts, are hard to manage. My amygdala has been trying to keep me protected for so long (fight/flight/freeze) due to my cPTSD.. I have to remind myself I'm safe. It's okay to be present. I have to actively stay conscious to grow into the full potential of me that's buried inside because of fear and pain. 
And this book made me feel like I wasn't alone, in fighting with my own thoughts, fighting against my 'self.'

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis