Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown

24 reviews

lainiereads's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

megdconway's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Death of parent, Grief, and Child abuse

etherealsilver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

nettle_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.75

I could not get enough of this forbidden love that was somehow encouraged and hated by the gods. It had so much awareness for so many topics including suicide, grooming, racism, transphobia, trauma, abuse, and I guess I was very seen by having these topics discussed. It has so many layers of magic I will not even try to explain but it was magical hearing about the magic. 
It has a more deep dive into the same topics so many fantasy YA books have so don’t run away because of the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Kidnapping, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, Classism, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide attempt, Torture, Transphobia, War, Sexual violence, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

melinajoy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.75

4.75 stars! 
Wow did I love this book! It's book 2 and I found it answered a lot of questions I'd had in the first book and was also just easier to understand. Karina and Malik are amazing characters and I also love Ife. A story of perseverance!

I appreciate how the author presents Malik's mental illnesses, his anxiety, and his self harm, suicidal thoughts/attempts. 
I love Karina's queerness. 
And I just appreciate most of the characters' tenacity, will, and how very much themselves they are. 
I loved the journey we go through with them all separately and then together. 

I WISH we got a third book and that this wasn't a duology. We need a part 3 of them living their lives! But I guess I'll just deal with the end chapter. 

This book is definitely getting added to my favorites list!

*This book is graphic and contains a lot of trauma. Please check content warnings*. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Violence, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Minor: Chronic illness and Injury/Injury detail

CW: grooming

bookishplantmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

This was much darker and more emotional than I expected or recall book 1 being. We pick up a short while after the events of book 1. Our characters are pursuing new goals and realize that the aftermath of their actions are far reaching and extremely impactful. The plot was engaging and the characters fleshed out in a satisfying way. I think this books greatest strength is its discussion of toxics relationships, depression and trauma. I thought the author did a fantastic job of tackling these issues without being overly prescriptive or heavy handed. I wish they had been more explicit in some places to make clearer to readers that these moments are ones of abuse though I appreciate that they trust that young readers will be able to identify this. Overall a strong conclusion to this duology! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Torture

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mental illness, and Slavery

mshai's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-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

I much preferred this to the first one. Thought it was beautifully written and really emotionally charged. Highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: War

notpercyjacksonyet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

Absolutely gorgeous. I loved the first book and this was better. It feels right, it feels complete, and yet I want so much more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Racism, Violence, Slavery, Self harm, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

beldaran1224's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a fantastic conclusion to the duology! This book, like the first, is narrated through both Malik & Karina. It is more heavily focused on their relationship than the previous book, but instead of the more personal plots in the first book, the plot of this book is bigger in scale.

Throughout the book I was incredibly frustrated with Malik - in the best way. The way in which he was so wrapped up in Farid's charisma felt very grounded in his character as developed so far. I found myself ranting about how blind Malik was to the bigger events around him - which is usually a complaint I have about books, but in this case, truly found it to be highly realistic and captivating.

About the ending

it is NOT a happy ever after, or even a happy for now. It doesn't wrap things up in a nice bow. But it was somehow still very satisfying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Grief, Self harm, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racial slurs and Suicidal thoughts