Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

20 reviews

alyssaakdefusco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book! It somehow managed to be an extremely poignant commentary on misogyny and our culture's fetishization of violence against women, but also a true crime story about violence against women that I couldn't put down?! I think it's brilliant what this author has done with this genre. It also felt extremely nostalgic thinking about high school and college as a young woman. All of the excitement and giggling all while moving through a world that we didn't understand and baring the weight of womanhood while we were just girls. Ugh. So good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Grief, Rape, Sexism, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

phantompansy's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Murder, Eating disorder, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Mental illness, Cursing, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Loved Rebekka Makkai’s The Hundred-Year House, and decided then I would devour everything this author has written. But I have to say, maybe this book wasn’t as good. Or maybe, it was too different.

But, if I only examine what I thought about this book, I would say it was a great read. It made me feel so many things. Not a light read at all. And there wasn’t really any big plot twists in the story, but I feel like it didn’t need any.

I listened to the audiobook and let me tell you there are waaaaayyy too many names to remeber. At times it was so hard to keep up who had done what!

Edit: If you can, listen to the audiobook! Shoutout to the producer or whoever thought to have

a man read the part with Omar’s phone call with the podcast

was a genious! It gave me chills! Plus, who doesn’t love Julia Whelan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Bullying

Minor: Cancer

earthie's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Honestly, this book was better than I expected it to be.

I think some of that is because I stopped near the end and spent the time contemplating what I wanted for the book ending, I suppose. I didn't know what would make me feel satisfied, which was good.

The book also stuck with me more than I expected it to. I've found myself referencing some of the prose just in my day-to-day life and thinking about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Sexism, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Child death, Sexual content, Stalking, and Hate crime

anniebh's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Racism, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

the_book_bee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Violence, Bullying, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexism, Cancer, Alcoholism, Grief, Medical content, Infidelity, Body shaming, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

lvahey's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

4.25

What a page turner, combining a very human narrator returning to her boarding high school, a scene of a crime, but also, of pain and harm for her and many others, too. Fast moving chapters, some relatable minor characters, and the dissonance of the world not quite being what we think it is (or should be).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Sexual assault

an_spideog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Thaitin an leabhar so liom ach caithfead mo mhachnamh a dhéanamh air.

Léigheas an ceann so réasúnta tapaidh, bhí na caibidlí cuíosach gearr agus bhí sé frist cúpla ceann a léamh agus sos a thógaint.

Chuir sé ag cuimhneamh mé ar na slite go mbímíd ag déanamh cloí le scéalta i gcónaí, tar éis eachtra tragóideach is maith linn scéal néata bheith ann, bíonn sé níos fusa dhúinn ná an fhírinne. Ní maith linn an doiléire agus an éiginnteacht.

Mar gheall ar dheireadh an scéil:

Ní rabhas sásta leis, tháinig sé aniar aduaidh orm ar shlí, bhíos ag súil le deireadh mór maith go mbeadh na héinne ag ceiliúradh agus an chúis buaite acu, ach gan dabht ní mar sin a bhí. B'in é a bhí bhuam, ach ní dóigh liom go mbeadh an deireadh san go maith i ndáiríre. B'in é a bhí i gceist agam, bhí scéal deas néata bhuam ach ní mar a bhíonn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide

chelseylb1988's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Murder, Death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Classism, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, and Cursing

courtneyclouts's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense 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: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Mental illness, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Self harm, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Eating disorder, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Fatphobia