Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Galatea by Madeline Miller

8 reviews

l_noona's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Violence, and Medical trauma

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, and Rape

shanieshira's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I truly have no words. All I can say is this was emotional, haunting, and absolutely beautiful. The writing was poetic, and it was one of the instances the audiobook did it justice. In the short time it took to listen to the audiobook, it made me feel so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

tatata's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book broke my heart. I don’t think there is anything else that can be said. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt

vnfhcxksiw's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts

the_bees_books's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

3.75

FINALLY, a piece since Shaw's Pygmalion that confronts the problematic nature of the myth and seeks to give the characters their just deserves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Sexual assault, and Body horror

Moderate: Dysphoria, Suicide attempt, and Pedophilia

Minor: Death

c_lizziebeth's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

Honestly, Miller is at her best when she doesn’t have time to meander. Her prose has gotten better since this, yes, but I prefer the tighter story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Confinement, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

literarypenguin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

 Galatea is a short but very impactful story based on the myth of Pygmalion. This book shows the aftermath of this myth showing an artist falling in love with his work. Galatea is a strong character who loves her daughter and is being mistreated by her sculptor husband. Galatea is much better off as a human being in my opinion and by the end, I was happy to see her getting away from her husband and trying to see her daughter again. This story was very impactful despite its length and is going to stick with me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion