Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Tous nos jours parfaits by Jennifer Niven

56 reviews

david_slack110507's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.25

I really do like the message of this movie. I think that while I cannot comment fully on how accurate this book is with its portrayal of mental health and suicide, from what I read I felt that it was a good portrayal of those suffering from a multitude of mental and emotional health-related problems such as survivor's guilt, suicidal thoughts, depression etc. 

I do think that the main reason why I struggled to like this as much as others and rate this higher was that 1) I took A LOT of time to thoroughly read this and I'm honestly ashamed it took me those long to finish this (And it's not because it was bad/boring or anything along those lines but rather I just didn't really find the time to read it or I preferred to read other books) and 2) The main romance between Finch and Violet, while cute and definitely important just didn't fully connect with me and maybe that's a fault on my end rather than on the book's writing as I'm not the biggest fan of romance heavy/romance books in general. 

I do like that the book attempted to show how anyone even those who are living the "perfect" life can suffer from mental health disorders but just maintain it so as to maintain said "perfect" life such as Amanda. However, I think that many of the side characters struggled to make an impact and stand out to the point that I sometimes forgot who the author was referring to when she mentioned a minor/side character's name (However, again this could have been my lack of focus on the book).

Overall, I wish that I had had a better time with this as there's a lot of potential and the commentary on the mental health of teens was really well done (And I like that at the end of the book, there's a list of sites for seeking help for certain issues such as suicide prevention, diagnosing mental health/illnesses in teens, bullying and abuse etc for certain countries) but I just couldn't get into it how others did but I'm glad that many could take comfort and find help or hope from this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Suicide, Death, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Deadnaming

qiqiwooo's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

wonderful writing, wonderful characters :) 
left kind of a sinking feeling in my chest

as one of the main character dies near the end I really would have liked a passage from their perspective, but not having it seems pretty realistic and leaves the reader with the same questions as the characters ?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Car accident and Violence

mirandap442's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Self harm, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gaslighting, Animal death, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Racial slurs, and Racism

zoemorana's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Violence

lauryn_04's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, Violence, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

markovskaiskra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

eib_21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Car accident

Moderate: Bullying and Violence

camealitencore's review

emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Minor: Violence, Child abuse, and Child death

flapjackzs_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Violence

haorey's review

dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Chronic illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Toxic friendship