Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Zoon van de Witte Magnolia's by Chloe Gong

52 reviews

averyrembish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Kidnapping

ourlastopus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

we can clearly see how much chloe gong has evolved as a writer in this incredible sequel; this killed me in the best way possible
ok, now i’m going back to crying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

maladaptivedaydreams's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Fire/Fire injury

plumpyherb13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Gore, and Transphobia

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

boxalligators's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

Rep:
Chinese main character and cast
Chinese trans girl main character 
Gay main character 
Korean main character 
M/M side relationship 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

_persephone_'s review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-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

Omg was this book was so good, probably one of the best books I've read this year. It was beautifully written in so many different ways, the writing style, the characters, the romance. I truly cannot think of a single complaint and I recommend this book to everyone. Also

the first half of the book where Roma hated Juliette I wanted to sob, istg I cried happy tears when they got back together

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And I heard there's gonna be a spin-off duology about

Rosalind

(I don't actually know if that was a spoiler but better safe than sorry). And I can't wait.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Colonisation

jayisreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

4.25

This was a fun way to wrap up an overall great retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Our Violent Ends had as much of my attention as I was able to give between everything happening in my life as of late. Like These Violent Delights, I truly appreciated Gong’s spin on a classic love story and some of the creative liberties she took in the sequel. With that said, I think after reading this and having had time to mull over the first book, it’s safe to say that I was more invested in the characters than anything else. The plot of Our Violent Ends felt more scattered than its predecessor, had some loose ends, and it felt as though the book served more as a means to satisfy readers’ desires to see how things come together for the characters while the happenings of Shanghai were somewhat of an afterthought. Thankfully, the delightful thing is that Gong really knows how to breathe life into her characters in such a refreshing and exciting way.

From what I gathered, Gong seems to be working on another Shakespeare retelling, and I look forward to what she’ll come up with next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Racism, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Alcohol