Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells

17 reviews

mayamile's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Death of parent, Abortion, Suicide, Grief, and Death

eddalyd's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

adamparrishlover's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Das war’s einfach nicht. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Suicide

writingcaia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

It’s hard to put into words what I felt while reading this book. 

First the writing is so compelling and charged, it’s as if by the way it’s written you immediately know where you’re getting yourself into. That can also be because of how it starts “I’ve known Death a long time, but now Death knows me.” So, yes, this is a book about death, the tragedy of it, and its consequences on those left behind, but because it is about death it is also very much so about life. 

A life that seems ordinary and happy and then is wounded and broken for three young siblings after their parents death. A life unchosen, for Jules particularly, who daydreams different worlds where his parents haven’t died and his relationship with his elder brother and sister is unchanged. In the real world however, he is lost, fragile, not the boy he was before, and his siblings too have escaped him, until he meets Ava at the boarding school he is sent to, and the real world becomes ever so slightly more appealing.

Life doesn’t stagnate, doesn’t concede, is not a zero sum game, the choices and tragedies are real, life and death are always intertwined, and fortunately or unfortunately it is the nature of it.

This is a brilliant family saga filled with tragedy, but also love, new chances, adventures, beginning and ends.

Yes, I loved it. But, I also hated it because I have not come to terms with death, and I can’t rationally nod at the rational conclusions of life and death, although logically not only do I want to, I need to, I must.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Mental illness, Car accident, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault and Abortion

mgroeninger's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Where am I going and how do I feel about it? What is most important in life? If I die, what will be left behind?

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

molly_kate's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

jnnrss's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

elli135's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Suicide

Moderate: Rape and Suicide attempt

sari_lyr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Cancer

Moderate: Dementia

sashley98's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cancer, Grief, and Abortion