Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

I fell in love with hope by Lancali

63 reviews

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional 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 knew this book was going to be heartbreaking to read—and I was right.  However, it was also funny and all so wholesome at times too.  The writing was truly beautiful to read to learn their stories and to read lines in the book that felt all too relatable at times.  Just a nice found family doing their best to live their lives to the fullest for however long they can.  It was truly a lovely read.

Queer Rep
Found Family
Hurt/Comfort 
Mental Health Rep
Beautiful Writing Style

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Rape, Gaslighting, Ableism, Death of parent, and Vomit

fairybekie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Child death, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Cancer, and Death

danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

I think what works in this book far outweighs what doesn't. A group of chronically ill teens who practically live at a hospital buoy each other through the storm. There is a supernatural/metaphysical element of the story that I can't get into without spoilers, but it takes what would be a run of the mill drama and makes it fascinating The characters are compelling and beautifully drawn. The prose is often beautiful. The world is interesting, there's an almost plucked out of time and place feeling, where the hospital exists in its own world with its own rules, which only heightened the sense of it as the only world these kids know. What I thought it needed help with was focus. There are a lot of ideas. But once the twist of the story became clear, it also became clear how many of those ideas were unnecessary to make that ending land, and in fact, the ending would’ve landed that much harder had there been more focus. It made me wish the author, who clearly has immense talent it should be said, had been able to get this book published the traditional route so that she could’ve had an editor helping to hone the narrative. That said, the whole time I kept thinking what a fantastic movie this film would make, especially if the film can narrow the focus to its most important parts.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Suicide, Bullying, Eating disorder, Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Terminal illness

garyashi_'s review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

read this if you want to sob your eyes out while reading the most poetic proses ever. my heart broke for all of our characters, for their unfulfilled dreams, for their heartbreaks and their lost chance at their wonderful lives. 
the characters were wholesome and broken, their close knit bond made me love them even more. lancali's writing was gorgeous and metaphorical. it's full of purple prose and sometimes it did feel a bit too much but it's also that made me feel all the feels. the book felt a bit dragged in a few places and that's why it wasn't a full five stars. 
the book discusses the inner monologue of chronically I'll people, how they want to be seen as them and not as a sick person, how they become "the disease's pet" and how time and death steal their lives. the narrative style is a bit unique in the sense that we don't really know who is the narrator till the end of the book and that keeps the reader curious. it's a "now-then" narration and that also was successful in grasping the reader's attention. the story was skillfully structured and it's quite commendable for a debut story. apart from a few pacing issues this was a perfect story for me. the characters and their stories, their spirit- everything felt so intimate. sam, hikari,neo,C, sony will always have my heart and i will always shed a tear thinking about their tragic yet beautiful lives.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Medical content, Self harm, Mental illness, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying and Car accident

Minor: Child death

rabiyaraza's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse

Minor: Rape

gothmiku's review against another edition

Right book wrong time for me reading it.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Death, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Infertility, Suicide, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol and Ableism

attar_2665's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This book is hauntingly beautiful. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Suicide, Child death, Child abuse, Bullying, Rape, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

reaperwrites'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

That happened I guess.

I urge anyone who considers reading this book to check the content warnings beforehand. Although there are some at the beginning of the book, I did not expect the depictions to be so constant. This is a long read, so please take breaks if you need or leave it unfinished.

Overall, this book wasn't what I thought it would be based on the synopsis or the author's marketing. I can understand why so many people love it, but it just seemed to drag on and on. The ending wasn't satisfying to me, although I can't really think of another ending. All in all, I think this book just wasn't for me.

If you're looking for something similar, I recommend the book The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (5 stars). If you happen to enjoy anime, the narrator, Sam, reminded me of Fushi from To Your Eternity (4 stars).

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Medical content, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Child death

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

donatio's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-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

I cried my eyes out in the first chapter and it didn't get much better after that, but I still recommend this to everyone.
I loved the writing style even if there were a few little things I didn't think logical, but in the end they don't matter, because the story and its characters, which I fell in love with, are just so much bigger. 
I especially loved the story's resolution, it was an answer to all the questions asked through out this book and it gave me reason. 
Maybe the story wasn't perfect but it was beautiful and it was raw and I don't believe that words can express how much this books means to me. It wasn't about a hero/heroine, it was about all the questions I asked myself so many times and it's another book that gave me answers. 
Before reading, though, you definitely should check out the content/trigger warnings. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicide, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Bullying, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Medical content, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Cancer

marieanne21's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Child death