Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Como Se Fôssemos Vilões by M.L. Rio

135 reviews

erensalias's review against another edition

5.0

Beautiful and tragic, moved me to tears. My best read of the year, one of my new favorites of all time.

To quote Hadestown:
“It's a sad song
It's a sad tale, it's a tragedy
It's a sad song
But we sing it anyway”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gore, Alcohol, Addiction, Violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder

This is a dark academia book. The dark doesn’t stand for aesthetics, it stands for death, always has. People die, people try and fail to cope with that however they can, *if* they can. Discussions of obsession, grief, and what those will drive people to do are explored in this book.

c410berry's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder

anneroza's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gore, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Body horror, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual content, and Suicide

juliesleseecke's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Eating disorder

graceclawson's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Okay. So we have the Secret History but instead of the Classics, we have a bunch of theater kids who can quote Shakespeare better than any twenty-one year old would ever be able to. I thought the plot and the writing were good, but if you took out all of the quoted Shakespeare half the book would be missing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Grief, Death, Toxic friendship, Blood, Alcohol, Addiction, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual harassment

kate001's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Blood

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

nalej's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Murder, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

_jasper_394's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

Beautifully harrowing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Murder, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Eating disorder

alyssaaahopkinsss's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

For anyone who loves mysteries, shakespeare, and the world of theater. This is a book with high stakes and lovable characters that you become invested in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Murder, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Drug use

danielle_isreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This book is a conundrum to review.

On the one hand, the book and it’s characters are engaging, intriguing, and very clever. On the other hand, some of the twists became fairly obvious, and I don’t know if everything about the book earned its final twist—which was a huge gut punch.

 And really, speaking of the end and its twist,

maybe I’m too much of a romance girlie but like, we’re seriously having Oliver *with Meredith* again? There’s no resolution or reunion between him and James, after everything? That’s… so frustrating!

I did like this book, though, even if I didn’t love the final execution. So the final 3.25 rating feels fair!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide