Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Out of Love by Hazel Hayes

48 reviews

loukate's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

shitting, crying, reflecting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Addiction, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Infidelity, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy and Grief

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicide, and Sexual assault

ryliereadss's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Heartbreaking. I was worried that the format would be confusing and it was at first but then I got used to it. I feel like I would have caught more details being brought up as the book went on but I was always excited when I found something that related to what happened earlier. So unique to try and figure out where things went wrong and what changed. I do agree with another reviewer that said they wished we were given more of a reason to like Theo towards the last third of the book. So many different things happen in this book but it doesn't feel like too much, it just feels like life. I need to make my friends read this book so I have someone to talk about it with.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Sexual assault

Minor: Domestic abuse and Suicidal thoughts

abbiemreads's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

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

2.5

The story of a breakup, in reverse order. Starts when a young woman is packing up her ex-boyfriends things for him to move out after a 5 year relationship. She recounts their history together in an attempt to figure out where it all went wrong. 

This was recommended to me in the #12challenge, 12 books in 12 months recommended by 12 Friends. 

Unfortunately this one didn’t quite work for me. I feel like the writing was done very well, but the backwards chronological order was very confusing. I went into this book completely blind, and through it was just a non-linear timeline with flashbacks. Maybe if I would have known that going in I would have been less confused. 

Theo was terrible the entire time. Major red flags even during the scene when they met, can we talk about mama’s boy problems just to name one. 

The redeeming part of this story is definitely Maya, talk about friend goals! Everyone needs a friend (or five 😉) like her! And the main characters mother was just so kind, she would drop everything to be there for her when she needed her! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage

absolute_bookery's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

4.5

This book felt so bloody close to home, I have never empathised with a narrator as much as I did with this one. Couldn't put it down I just loved it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

This book was beautiful and heartbreaking and so emotionally true. I wondered how it would pull off taking you through a relationship backwards, from messy breakup to romantic meeting, but wow Hazel Hayes did it so well. After finishing it I went back and reread the first chapter just to feel it all over again, and notice all the little things I now had so much more context for. Out of Love is all bittersweet nostalgia and new perspectives, and I loved it so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, Biphobia, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Vomit, Violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, War, Child abuse, Suicide, Drug abuse, and Abortion

stellar_hunt's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Biphobia, Death, Infertility, and Religious bigotry

emmazan's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

read on st. thomas trip

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy, Cancer, Biphobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

thetallgirlthatreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

wow this book was such a journey. Out of Love, tells the story of a couples love story starting at their break up. It was so interesting to read the story this way and even more heart breaking. Overall, the book gave great mental health awareness and was written in a sometimes brutal sometimes funny way with a main women who’s journey has me very inspired! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts