Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Good Kings Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum

3 reviews

acresofclams's review

dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Ableism, Medical trauma, Grief, Rape, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Blood, Vomit, and Racism

sarah984's review against another edition

funny informative sad slow-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

3.0

There's a lot to like about this book but my overall experience with it was just average. Most of the storyline really worked for me (except

Yessie's little field trip

near the end, which just felt kind of silly and out of place) and I liked having points of view from characters in different parts of the system. However there is one character who feels SO author-voice to me, like just halting the plot for lectures directly from the author, and a couple of the points of view were written in ways that felt borderline racist (especially the way the Mexican character's accent is written out).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Rape, Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Mental illness, Fatphobia, Racism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment, Blood, Car accident, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Vomit, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Police brutality, and Bullying

indydc's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child abuse, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Adult/minor relationship