Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

147 reviews

marigoldgem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

*please check the trigger warnings before reading * 
I really loved this book for the variety of lives it showed. I especially love the ending, it was so simple yet so beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, and Abandonment

brendi92's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

sarahbliss's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

clara_mai's review against another edition

4.0

 Streets always find you in the daylight, when you least expect them to. Night crawling up to me when the sun's out.

This is a fantastic debut novel (it's wild to think about that the author is the same age as me). Inspired by real events, it accounts the experience of Kiara, a 17-years-old Black girl in a difficult familial and financial situation getting into sex work and ending up being sexually abused and exploited by a whole ring of of police officers. While revealing the corruption of the police and the justice system, the narrative also centers on Kiara's relationships to the people in her life, both complicated and beautiful. I think this could have been even more powerful if it was overall less metaphorically dense, if the imagery had been reduced in some places so that it would hit even harder in others. Overall though, the prose has great rhythm and storytelling-wise this book is just brilliant.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia

jamii's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, Blood, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

ginny_lind's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hapikohw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

To be 17 and write something like this, so heavy, with such fullness, grace, lyricism and most importantly - empathy. Wow, we have a writer right here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

syllareads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Trafficking and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use and Transphobia

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism and Police brutality

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

johnbat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt