Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

La magia dei momenti no by Alison Espach

2065 reviews

tammykrebs's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol

ursula_la's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt

dogoodwithbooks's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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If you're looking for a summer read that portrays an intimate connection of a woman experiencing depression and her journey of moving forward with her life as a unexpected guest for an upscale wedding at a fancy Rhode Island hotel, The Wedding People provides that and more. While the ending felt a bit lackluster at some parts, Espach's introspective writing and Phoebe's narrative of the events that take place over the wedding week gives reader an in-depth, emotional read that ultimately leaves readers inspired to make the most out of life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Vomit

cosylibra's review against another edition

3.0

hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was described as a laugh out loud, romance…

It wasn’t funny, just odd. There wasn’t a hint of romance, it was just written that characters decided they liked eachother. 

The ending was rushed and honestly ruined the book for me, I feel like with the right ending this could’ve been a solid 4 stars. 

I enjoyed the chaos of it all, and wished I got to see more development of the characters or themes. There were many challenging themes but they were talked about very lightly, I didn’t really get any emotion from them. 

The ex husband coming to visit 2 years later was unnecessary and was honestly a waste of time.

There were no clear chapters? 

I honestly think this could’ve been a great book, but it was just very under developed. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

lyswright's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic

bayleys's review against another edition

4.25

dark funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I went into the book not knowing much and was expecting a rom-com. Turned out to be a lot heavier than I thought it would be! However, a beautiful story that was equally funny and sad. 
I enjoyed it, but think it would’ve hit harder if I could relate to some of the storylines a bit more (ie I’m single as a pringle over here)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

slhvail's review against another edition

2.5

challenging emotional funny sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

christineplum's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I could not put this book down. I devoured it in one sitting. it’s sharp, witty, and, at times, sad. it is alive. I was particularly impressed by character dialogue, including Phoebe’s inner dialogue, how natural it flowed and real it felt. every single character felt real and three dimensional.

as an added bonus, I feel a camaraderie with the author, like we both read another book, not naming names (but it may rhyme with shmidnight shlibrary), and had the same empty, unimpressed reaction… but then she turned around and wrote this masterpiece. mad respect from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt

rubywildecreative's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

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This book had so much emotional depth. While suicide is a main theme initially, the story transforms into an experience of radical self-acceptance and redemption as the characters learn how to navigate living authentically, even if it costs them everything they thought they ever wanted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

neelyoc's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt