Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis

8 reviews

kathburke's review against another edition

4.5

A brilliant commentary on contemporary life. 

From social media and influencer culture to religious guilt and climate anxiety, Willis covers just about every hot-button topic that makes the world feel bleak. I’m usually not a fan of book with unlikeable protagonists, but Amber and Kevin feel so very real, and give a really insightful look into the different ways people deal (or fail to deal) with existential and intrapersonal conflict. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Mental illness, Police brutality, and Death of parent

ninebookishlives's review

adventurous emotional funny

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Cancer, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

agador_spartacus's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism

alannashelfhelp's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Mental illness, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Fatphobia, and Suicide attempt

emmagee's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Drug use, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

daniellekat's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.25

This book sounded great in theory—Something kind of funny and not-so-casually pointing out all the ways the planet is dying, but this was just poorly executed. The writing itself wasn’t that bad but this could have used a major edit. There were some strange writing choices that I thought would pan out in the end but never did make any sense (the weird flashback scene cuts in the Kevin chapters come to mind). The characters were all awful and one dimensional. The alternating POVs was somewhat well used but by the last third of the book it was just a lot of the same repeated writing. I’m struggling to understand the author’s intention with this one, it’s left me feeling like I missed something. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Self harm and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy and Police brutality

kmagers's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Body shaming, and Cancer

daisywilkes's review

dark informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Thoroughly depressing. Two horrible people try to out do each other as to how awful and negative they can  be about their relationship and the future of the earth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Child death, and Vomit