Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center

39 reviews

michelleann_xo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt and Alcoholism

amandaboyer's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Animal death

momloves2read's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

downtown_kb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Helen has been divorced for a year and her life has felt stagnant. She decides to take a wilderness survival course in hopes of a life reset. Unfortunately, her brother’s annoying best friend seems determined to tag along.

Had to sneak this in before the movie came out! This was a cute chick lit/romance hybrid with a lot of depth.
I enjoyed the outdoorsy setting. I always enjoy a jaded FMC and could really sympathize with her and enjoyed her growth arc a lot. She had a very satisfying amount of personal growth and really was likable despite her flaws. Jake was absolutely adorable from the start. Loved the age gap here being the mmc was 10 years younger. 
I disliked

the OW drama, even though it was mild but I appreciated that she was impossible not to like. I disliked that the only gay character was the one that got injured

This had fun moments and heartfelt moments and was my first Katherine Center.

Marguerite Gavin did great on audio. This romance only has kissing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage

adlane22's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage

ahalflingdruid94's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Suicide attempt

greatestheights's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Alcoholism, and Child death

read_with_bailey's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt

ashbreadin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Child death

Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, and Alcoholism

lmeierhoff's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

I read and really enjoyed another book by this author (the Bodyguard) so I was expecting a good romance, but I’m not even sure that this book qualifies as a romance.

There are so many things that made me uneasy throughout this book, and I might have quit except I was reading it for a book club. It ended stronger than it began, so I guess it turned out ok. 

Some things I’m not a fan of:

-Main characters still in/just out of college
-Adults making stupid decisions and sticking with them rather than backtracking when that’s an option
-a love triangle (mmc kisses/dates another woman)
-immature people being put in positions of leadership/power
-death of a child (in the past but talked about in detail)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt