Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater

29 reviews

maggier31's review

3.5

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I love Stiefvater’s writing but this just started so slow for me (maybe I’m out of practice with historical fiction)… once I got to about midway it finally started to pick up. Interesting area of history to explore though

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

infinitesoleilreads's review

4.0

emotional informative mysterious reflective tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, War

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, Abandonment

Minor: Death, Misogyny

thalia16's review

4.0

emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, War

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Deportation

biblioseph's review

5.0

dark mysterious 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: Complicated

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In this book, the Avallon, a Virginian hotel, is transformed from a luxury resort into a internment center for diplomats and other important enemy Nationals during world war II. There is an old magic at play beneath the hotel, the story is told primarily from the perspective of the general manager, June Hudson, but the other viewpoints are also Hannelore Wolfe, this girl who doesn't talk and reminds June of herself, and the lead FBI agent, Tucker. I can't remember his last name. The water is practically a character itself. 

I loved how mysterious and creepy this book was. I felt like the author really did an amazing job delving into the history and the time period and using her history and German knowledge to its fullest extent.

I thought this book was fabulous and I would love to own it myself. I borrowed it from the library.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt

There is much talk of how disabled people would be/are treated in contemporary Nazi Germany. Specifically,

Hannelore

is spoken of and told that

sterilization

is likely.

jocelyn62013's review

3.5

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This might be 4stars on reflection.
A slow burn, amospheric ww2 novel. The hotel and it's Sweetwater are the main characters, how June and Agent Minnick relate to them is the main plot. The romance secondary. But strong in it's subtlety. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Antisemitism, Abandonment, War, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, Deportation

Minor: Toxic relationship, Medical content

calligraphy's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment

Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, War

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness

lucialovesherlibrary's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism

amachonis's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Self harm, Sexism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Classism

Minor: Death, Genocide, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol, War

frogggirl2's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is a pretty straight down the middle historical fiction until the very end.  I was interested in it throughout.  It wasn't surprising in any way or particularly unique, but overall it was fine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, War, Classism

nicksalex's review

4.0

hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide attempt, Abandonment

Moderate: War

Minor: Death of parent