Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

15 reviews

rhi_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Suicide, Police brutality, Violence, Death, Homophobia, and Torture

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Physical abuse, Hate crime, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Gore

herasrevenge88's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Addiction, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Suicide, Violence, War, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

bmkodak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

The seven moons of Malinda Almeida is a very complex narrative, whose central character is a photojournalist. The setting of this book is quit complicated, it is set in Sri Lanka a country ravished by war. The author does a good job of providing the necessary information for the better understanding of the reader. However if you want to get more out of this book I advise a previous study of the political situation in Sri Lanka.
Malinda, despite being a flawed character, has a very interesting development in his journey roaming the « in between».
Personally I was most interested in the journalism aspect of the book. With that said I think the after life adds a completly different twist to the narrative and doesn't take away from other aspects of the story.
Very enjoyable reading and very informative about Sri Lanka.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Grief, Sexual content, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, War, and Hate crime

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Torture

Minor: Colonisation and Infidelity

musebeliever's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Hate crime

jouljet's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Torture, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, War, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Police brutality