Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach

11 reviews

myyearof's review

emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.5

Complicated characters!!! 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

elyssam's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

Not my favorite read. I think the grief processing was an interesting read, the second-person was unique/cool and really she’d light on characters. But I didn’t love the writing style and some of the elements. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

chelle22's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal death, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Death, and Self harm

kimmykelly's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Mental illness, Body horror, and Death

cc_shelflove's review

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

What happens when you can’t help falling in love with the boy who (accidentally) killed your sister? This was probably one of the most interesting takes on grief I’ve ever read. Espach’s exploration of the relationship between sisters was also compelling. A friend said once she finished this book, she immediately wished she could read it again for the first time. I can see why. That ending, though… do they (I won’t say who) end up together??? I know I already used the word interesting but man, this was interesting. A coming-of-age story that I’m surprised hasn’t been talked about more. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death and Self harm

aschraiber's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

ainsley_j5's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Blood, and Drug use

kitausu's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

5.0

This book isn't my normal genre, but I am absolutely in love with it. The voice of the narrator feels so intimate you can't help but be drawn in to her story, her feelings, her life. I loved everything about this. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

tormerritt's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

Summary:
"An unconventional love story between two broken people who are unexplainably, inconveniently drawn to each other, and a wry, sharply observant coming of age story that looks at the ways the people we love the most continue to shape our lives long after they’re gone."

Thoughts:
A short, but profound, and emotional read with a fantastic narrator. I've read unconventional love stories before and they are never done quite right, but this was beautifully written. I felt my heart break along with the characters'. A beautiful, raw example of a coming to age story involving love and loss. It's a simple story, but had a huge impact on me. If you ever experienced love, heartbreak, or loss of a loved one... this will move you, and you'll resonate with it. This book will hold a special spot in my heart for a long time to come. I can't stop thinking about it. Just an absolutely gorgeous book overall. 

Thank you Netgalley, Alison Espach, Jesse Vilinsky, and MacMillan Audio for the Audiobook eARC. All opinions are my own!

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

onemorepagecrew's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad slow-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

4.5

In this emotional coming of age story, we meet Sally and her older sister, Kathy, when they are in elementary and middle school.  The story is primarily told through Sally’s experiences and with the audio at just over 12 hours long, there was time to develop her voice and let the reader build a connection to her.  We follow Sally through the tragic and sudden loss of her sister, through her childhood, and into early adulthood.  We get to hear her inner thoughts as she makes her way through the world.  Often, she is misunderstood by those she is talking with, and the author did a great job of giving space for the close encounters of relationships when people aren’t connecting as their true selves.  I felt myself longing to nudge people closer together or just clarify how they felt, but that’s not always how life works and the story felt wistfully authentic. 

 

The two primary people in Sally’s life are her sister and her sister’s boyfriend, Billy.  Billy continues to be an important person in Sally’s life, even beyond her sister’s death, and the way their relationship evolves felt realistic and tangible.  I need to be in the right mindset for an emotional, sad, and wry coming-of-age tale and reading this felt like great timing.  When an author captures a teen or young adult inner monologue well, especially as they navigate a world that doesn’t always “get” them, it always pulls me in. 

 

If you enjoyed books like In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn or Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng, then I highly suggest adding Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach to your TBR.  It’s available on May 17 and I am excited to hear what others think.  Thank you to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for the chance to read this advanced copy! 
 

Content warnings: Child death, Grief, Self-harm, Mental illness 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt