Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell

3 reviews

milliad's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The characters felt incredibly real and although the story was dark and intense, it felt realistic.   I found the writing style refreshing and the way it is written and set out made me not want to put the book down!

I enjoyed that there were normalised LGBT characters, with flaws and all, and even other characters reactions to these LGBT characters was realistic (which unfortunately does include hatred)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

sshabein's review

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was an ARC I received almost a decade ago, and to my regret, I hadn't read it until now. What a great book. Grim in some respects, but also very funny in others. Everyone is a fully realized character and full of their own loneliness that manifests in different ways, but there's also some nice oases of camaraderie too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Gore, Suicide, Murder, and Sexual assault

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Terminal illness, Murder, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Addiction and Adult/minor relationship