Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

26 reviews

orizenda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

I rly liked this one. Lib is so multifaceted imo. a lot of the characters are. feels kind of anti irish tho at times but maybe i just read it wrong interpreted it wrong. anyway, excited to read more of Donoghues work idk if she’s written anything else i just love her character development

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Child abuse, Vomit, Kidnapping, Rape, and Suicide attempt

annniina98's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Blood and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Rape, and Incest

amyjmcd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Excrement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Confinement

Minor: Incest, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

Fasting

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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

3.75

But like a rly high 3.75,
Also- can we please specify ams and pms

‘I name corruption when i see it. Does that make me a cynic?’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Child death, Incest, and Suicide attempt

icieri's review

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Rape

renegadegrocerycart's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A remarkable story about the conflicts of faith and devotion. Even knowing the end—having watched the 2022 film adaptation—it was still very tense. Emma Donoghue’s prose is well-suited to the fact-based, concise tone of the nurse main character, and details are used sparingly but to devastating effect. 

Historically-speaking, this book has a lot to say about the relationship between the English and the Irish and the long-lasting effects of the Irish Potato Famine. It’s a fascinating read for that as much as the central plot. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Incest, Medical trauma, and Medical content

The child at the center of this story was sexually abused by her older brother. The abuse is not described in detail, but is mentioned towards the end of the book.

amberinbookland's review

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Rape, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Child death, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, and Excrement

cassie_ellie's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, and Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Child death

maddiebusick's review

dark mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Excrement, Rape, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit, Cursing, Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, and Alcohol

lotus440's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Child death, Eating disorder, Incest, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Rape, and Sexual assault