Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Homesick by Jennifer Croft

9 reviews

gothicbirdhouse's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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 and Self harm

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism

katerina_l's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

jhartsoe's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Self harm, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

shantastic_reads's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Suicide, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Medical content

bookish_worm's review against another edition

After flicking through I saw there would be graphic self harm and suicide descriptions so I DNF for trigger reasons

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

geraldinerowe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Homesick starts off with the narrator as a small child, and the language very much reflects the way a child understands the world and orders their thoughts. This gradually changes as the character gets older. The book is very moving in parts as the narrator has a younger sister with severe health problems and goes through troubles of her own. However the book leaves odd gaps in the narrative, especially towards the end, which left me feeling somewhat dissatisfied.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Cancer, and Drug use

kirstym25's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Drug abuse

elizabethgreads's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.0

I found that book boring at times and it was a bit jarring to read as we progressed through the Amy's life with major jumps in time.  In all it was a love letter to Amy's sister however that wasn't completely well executed and felt lack luster at time.  The writing however is beautiful but it wasn't enough to make up for the lack plot or character growth within the characters.  I think I would have enjoyed the book more if time were evenly split between the sisters.

I would classify this this book as a autobiographic novel as apposed to a memoir. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicide, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

abbie_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

A beautifully written, unusually structured memoir told in the third person, of the translator Jennifer Croft. I’ve read a few of Croft’s translations and she is hugely talented, so I’m glad for Charco Press’s new Untranslated series for allowing Croft to tell her own story, as opposed to translating others’. 

She explores her relationship with her chronically ill sister, the beginning of her love affair with languages and grammar, her brushes with trauma like suicide at far too young an age. The short chapters make it addictive, but there’s no less depth because of the shortness of the chapters.

Loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Chronic illness, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault and Vomit

Minor: Gun violence