Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

144 reviews

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

yennsciri's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

horribly sad and brutally honest. a devastating portrait of a young girls life who had to grow up far too fast. 

dragged down at points by weird pacing. but overall good. read triggers closely before starting this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Trafficking

Moderate: Gun violence, Self harm, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt

kp_writ's review against another edition

3.0

Extremely mixed feelings about this read. Some of the most poetic and mesmerizing prose I've seen in a novel, with very real and poignant slice of life writing for the first quarter of the book. But the plot and pacing honestly made this read a bit miserable. 

Very bleak and caused me to dissociate, so I admittedly skimmed through half the novel and therefore missed out on that poetic prose that was the strongest asset. The plot wallowed so much in its depressing and traumatic turns (of which there were many...) that it got in the way of any character development and relationship building. While the conflict between characters was very real and nuanced, the relationships themselves felt static and stubborn, usually forgotten when the two characters weren't interacting on the page. 

In the end, each character felt less like a person and more like an object to project plot points and thematic messaging, which of course under baked any message that was conveyed. I cannot understate how much trauma these characters endured, and how unnecessary some of the descriptions and events seemed to me. While I don't doubt this amount of trauma is reality for some Black Americans, the overuse of it, in combination with some of the other weaknesses of this book, took away from the storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

stuffinmybrainhole's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ccreadsthat's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

beriboo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

tsnhjhn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Beautiful lyrical poetic prose. So so heartbreaking and raw. I LOVED the characters and there was amazing development and social commentary. Very difficult but important read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

aude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

bambooboy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lukel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer