Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

224 reviews

ruthiedr89's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Deportation, Outing, Racism, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Misogyny and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Violence and Hate crime

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.5

God. Just, like, this book is so perfect. It is so lovely and so dark and so hopeful. The central protagonist, Yamilet, practically leaps off the pages, and while I personally found myself most entranced and represented by her brother Cesar, the carefully constructed cast of characters is all-around absolutely excellent. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

frizzbiscuit's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Deportation

addythebookbat's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

• 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

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Deportation, Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

lemoni's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Biphobia, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Self harm, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Lesbophobia, Xenophobia, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Police brutality

Minor: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Grief

apat's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

3.75

Es un libro entretenido para sanar a tu niño queer y minoritario interior. Además de una especie de ventana para entender lo que elles viven en Estados Unidos y reflexionar sobre problemáticas que no siempre nos tocan cerca.
Vale la pena.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Racism and Suicide attempt

jourdanicus's review

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

So cute and sweet and fun, without being overly saccharine. YA at its best - yes the characters are teens with "teen" problems, but their problems are relatable and there's definitely something in this book for adults too. Almost a perfect 5⭐ read for me, but some of the conflicts were resolved in a heavy-handed and kind of corny way, which I can forgive because I do think that kind of resolution can be appropriate for teen readers.

A lot happened in this story but it didn't feel rushed or laid on too thick, more like enough to keep me engaged and motivated to keep reading. I'd definitely recommend for anyone who enjoys LGBTQ+ fiction, or who likes YA selectively because they sometimes get annoyed by immature characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Alcohol, Deportation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Self harm

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Cultural appropriation, and Racism

imgunnagetyou's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

i might be learning that in my old age (a whole 20) i cant enjoy contemporary YA like i used to. there were a LOT of pretty bad cringy moments but third act was pretty good. im glad Reyes didnt do the "main couple breaks up and gets back together thing" in the third act, but rather it touched on a more darker subject with the whole family instead. i enjoyed the book, but i think imma start passing on ya with younger-than-18 charas lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

boopedeedoo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide attempt

misscalije's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

The title of this book is kind of lacking. What about it was a guide? Nothing.

Deeply dark first 85% of the book, do not read if you are a queer in crisis. This was too heavy for me in this moment, but I recognize it is pretty good writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Racism