Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Betty: The International Bestseller by Tiffany McDaniel

161 reviews

rachelszo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal death, Incest, Animal cruelty, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Suicide, Bullying, and Pregnancy

softcouchplaid's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

2.5

Alors y’a une belle poésie, manière de parler de la vie, de la nature qui est très belle et inspirante mais par contre … c’est dramatique. Tout est un drame, tout se passe mal, tout est affreux. Et à force on anticipe, on sait et on devient de moins en moins sensibles. Je pense qu’on aurait compris avec moins. Ça finit par être sordide et laçant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Bullying, Racism, and Suicide

sarahruthsreads's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

The fastest 5 star review I’ve given all year. This book is devastating and beautiful, and I feel like I’m actually a different person after reading it. But please for the love of god read the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Incest, Violence, Suicide, Child death, Animal death, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Blood, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Racial slurs

ialim01's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Incest, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Incest, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Self harm, Racial slurs, Death, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Racism, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

k8ofhearts's review against another edition

sad 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? No

1.5

Very Trauma Porn-y

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Incest, Medical content, Pedophilia, Classism, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Bullying, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Gore, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abortion, Gun violence, and Murder

eleanorferrari17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

This book is beautifully written, filled with reflections on nature, childhood and storytelling. The character of Landon is a source of comfort for the Betty and the rest of the family, but he also felt like a safe and reliable person to read about in contrast to a lot of the other characters, especially Betty’s mother Alka.

Overall I found Betty brilliant and eye opening, but there are so many triggering themes and several times it was too much to read - incest, suicide and animal abuse to name a few.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Incest, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Child death, Mental illness, Suicide, Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexism

fozlandgirl's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

I don't give memoirs or raw emotional books anything less than a five. This book has EVERY trigger you can think of. Take the warning seriously but this is someone's life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexism, Self harm, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Incest

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Miscarriage, and Police brutality

Minor: Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, and War

Please please please take head of the graphic content. It is severe and if you are not in a good place, don't read this until you are.

rosceyred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Abortion, Violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Rape, and Incest

virgcole398's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Suicide, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Rape, Sexual violence, and Racism

Moderate: Medical content, Ableism, Self harm, Hate crime, Murder, and Medical trauma

callie_pearce's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Medical content, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Incest, Addiction, Classism, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Hate crime, and Lesbophobia