Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

6 reviews

kailiyahknight's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Violence, Abortion, Gaslighting, Child death, Gun violence, Murder, Gore, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Blood, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, War, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

elybakouche's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

Finishing this book, I was reminded of a quote from John Green's The Fault In Our Stars: "I fell in love like you fall asleep, slowly and then all at once."
This story was touching, sad, full of hope, and went across so many themes: love, family ties, mental health, immigration and cultural shock, grief, hope...

I can recommend listening to the audiobook, which was read with the correct Persian pronunciation/accent (at least from a non-Persian speaker's perspective).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Child death and War

cordeliza2206's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death, Child death, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

brittanysimmons7's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death and Mental illness

Moderate: Infertility, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage

fsprouls's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is perhaps one of the best and the most heartbreaking books I've read in awhile. You are told (most) of the ending at the start of the book, which leads you to root for the ending not to happen and for events to unfold differently. There were many heartbreaking moments of grief, for me especially when

Roya and Walter's child died, Bahman's death from Parkinson's and his letter revealing his side of the story, and then the very end when it was revealed why Mr. Fakhri went to the Square to find Roya.

There is a sense of closure with all of the main characters by the end of the novel, but I haven't stopped thinking about how the events unfolded and the various characters since I finished reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Child death

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

valeriamrtnz's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Grief, Death, and Emotional abuse