Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Loveless by Alice Oseman

13 reviews

anjh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.5

this book was very good. very well written. i related a lot to Georgia’s descriptions of asexuality but also very much appreciated the aro rep too. i think Alice Oseman’s writing really conveyed the feeling of the process of figuring out your LGBTQIA+ identity through confusion, self hatred, denial and sadness. 

i also really loved how the book showed that love isn’t just a romantic thing, but can also absolutely and very much be a platonic thing which is just as strong and just as meaningful, if not more so. it also showed the importance of friendships and how romance can get in the way of these. 

this book was also v gay which i appreciated, very much recommended for anyone questioning/figuring out their identity or already identifying as queer (tho please read the content warnings as always!!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

gloomi_sundai's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

3.5

it was EHHHHH it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be but it also wasnt great. too coming of age for my particular taste and said that it was too preachy, but I think it does serve as a good entry into the aromantic/asexual identity so i get why its so well regarded. the MC was just kind of annoying and I wrote that shes has "no back bone" and idk it was definitely a story that had me invested and hooked, considering i read in one day but it was fine. i just wish there were other popular a-spec books because i dont want something that borderline mediocre to be the magna carta of our community

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

melancholymegs's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Toxic relationship

tbd24's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted tense 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

3.5

fun little YA about finding out you’re ace and also starting university and friendships. There were little things i could be persnickety about but I don’t feel like it because overall I had a nice time reading this.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Mental illness

jemjjb's review

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

town_scar's review

funny lighthearted 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

maiahhtratchh's review

emotional inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

I really loved this book! I loved the story of the platonic love and the last scene in Part Four I had to take a picture of a show to my best friend because it is so utterly beautiful. I do feel like there were a few parts (one specifically) that were not used to their full potential. Specifically, Sunil goes by he/they pronouns but everyone exclusively uses “he” for the duration of the story, even Georgia. It would’ve been nice to see, even in the prose, Georgia use the pronoun “they” when referring to Sunil. I found that very distracting for the whole plot because it almost seemed like a throw in blink and you’ll miss it reference to Sunil’s pronouns. Other than that it was a fantastic story! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

the suicide reference and thoughts in this book are not explicit or even stated as such they are just generally eluded to with Rooney as her mental health and well being declines through the story. At the crux of the story Georgia finds Rooneys phone abandoned by a bridge and we are left to infer from Georgias reaction that she thinks Rooney committed suicide. None of this is explicitly stated

matheo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

• 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: Abandonment, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

fanboyriot's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

Definitely one of my new favorites.  This book was amazing.  It was so relatable and I was not expecting that.  All the characters were detailed and lovely to read about.  Following not only Georgia but her friends finding themselves was something I didn’t even know I needed to read.

As someone who thrives off of fanfiction, I loved all the comments about fanfics so much.

The humor was great and the more serious moments were done really well.  I just really loved this book.  The friendships were beautiful.  It really showed you didn’t need a romantic, you could have platonic relationships and that is that.

Strongly suggest this for anyone who wants a lighthearted read with a happy ending, someone who might be in or questioning the ace community, people who want a realistic and relatable read that has amazing platonic relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Cursing

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

zoe_archambault's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective 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

2.5

Cute predictable fluff and longer than it really needed to be. Also a character has he/they pronouns and is only ever referred to as he (by main character internal monologue and other characters) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts