Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

48 reviews

neverlandpages4's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Suicide, Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, Racism, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Grief, Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Mental illness

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, and Death

adisiki's review against another edition

4.0

This was great! I didn’t realize how funny it would be, I loved Eva and Audre’s relationship and banter. I appreciated how the story tackled some heavy topics like self-harm, addiction, disability, etc. Eva and Shane definitely just felt a little toxic and codependent, which felt a little unhealthy at times, but I hope they have their HEA lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide

celery09's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A funny, emotional, fast paced story that really delves deep into characterization. I immediately fell in love with the blunt honesty of Eva (excuse me, John-vee-EV) and how she was connected and how she interacted with the people around her. I also loved Shane and his inner conflict. The romance was sweet, fiery, and broken from the beginning. Right person, wrong time type story. 

There were some gaps in the plot though. I feel like Eva’s motherhood was only used to further the story instead of develop her character, as it only came up in the story when it was convenient to push a conflict or further the attraction between Shane and Eva. Otherwise, Audre gets sent off, doing her own thing and being labeled as independent. (I liked Audre’s character, very relatable, I just wanted to see more of them together as a separate entity from the romance or the conflict.) 

The trauma between both main characters also was large, and deep. I felt like the book needed to be longer, to feel really connected about how both of these people are affected by the unique tragedies they both faced. And the ending felt slightly forced, as maybe they should’ve waited a little longer without me saying too much. 

Beautiful message, though. Great voices about racism and expecting all Black characters so center around some sort of trauma. And well thought out criticisms about the book industry and entertainment industry as a whole about what it means to be a Black creator. And the romance, again, was very well written. I would recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Alcohol, Grief, Blood, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

kwanbokado's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

sad face emoji but dancing cuz the emotional whiplash is SENDING me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Death

kayladarthur's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this book! I’ve always wanted to read more romance, esp centering Black women. I feel like there’s good representation for us here! And it’s very cute.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcoholism and Abandonment

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

While this book is mostly lighthearted, there are scenes that can be graphic for some.

tays_books's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cursing, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Addiction, Self harm, Chronic illness, and Drug use

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Child death, and Child abuse

Minor: Grief, Suicide, Gun violence, Vomit, and Sexual assault

dizzybridge's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book absolutely wrecked me. It is such a beautiful and unique take on a second chance romance where the characters are so complicated and traumatized. In some parts I laughed out loud, and then in other parts, it was making me sob for these wonderful characters. I cannot recommend this book enough. As a person living with chronic illness and chronic pain, I felt so seen, and the discussions around the main characters disability touched me so deeply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Police brutality, Self harm, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical trauma

cyreeve's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

One of the most deserved 5☆ ratings ever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Blood, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Drug use, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical content, Alcohol, and Abandonment

janessaloren's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicide, Gun violence, and Drug use

katelynprice's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

3.5

I wanted to like this book more than I actually did. I almost DNF'd at 50% because I was having trouble connecting with and investing in the characters. The second half was much better; toward the end I finally started buying into their love for one another. I think I needed the book and characters to acknowledge the dysfunction and codependency of the relationship, because once that happened, I was able to fully embrace it. All throughout the writing was beautiful, and I loved the mother-daughter relationship as well as Eva's journey of self-discovery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Addiction, Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, and Sexual assault