Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

L'Incivilité des fantômes by Rivers Solomon

84 reviews

blandblanket's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

The book -- as marvelous a read as it is -- does handle a lot of heavy topics that could be too much for some readers. As it deals with topics of classism/racism/colorism/sexism, there are many instances in the book that talk about those topics and the struggles that come with them -- physical, social, and mental. The main character does talk quite a bit in medical terms and performs/assists in medical procedures. There is content re: physical/sexual assault and allusions to it. Though not explicit or detailed, it could be sensitive to some readers just to read/hear references to those sort of events.

xoodlebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility

deepfriedaries's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

skudiklier's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book is incredibly engaging and unique. It would be easy to describe it as

slavery but in space

and nothing else but that, but there's so much more to it. Because there's a different hierarchical system in place, it shows new ways people maintain control over others. Additionally, the relationships between the various characters are so complex, and it doesn't take the easy way out of focusing on some sort of romance as a happy ending. Also, side note,

Aster is totally autistic and I really loved getting to see myself in her character in that way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

triptych_turning's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I really, really enjoyed this book. It was an amazing read, with exceptional characters, some amazing worldbuilding, and flawless emotional undertones. I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone and everyone, and then some. My only final comment is that I would imagine that it is pretty trigger-heavy, so keep that in mind if reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Murder

charlieleelee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Grief

yavin_iv's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Bullying, Child death, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Police brutality

Minor: Pedophilia

narzibenoucdel's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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

Moderate: Death, Racism, Torture, and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

athenajpeg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Medical content

lorie336's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

An impactful book that everyone needs to read. 

A space opera that takes place on the ship Matilda that is taking the last of humanity to the Promised Land, but has the upperdeckers treating the lowerdeckers poorly and inhumanely.

We mainly follow Aster who tries to help heal her fellow lowerdeckers as well as find out what her mother Lune's notes mean after her friend, Giselle points out something interesting. She also has a botanarium that she grows plants to help make medicine and has learned from Theo also known as Surgeon.

As the upperdeckers are allowed to wander freely the lowerdeckers need passes to certain areas and if they miss headcount or are caught where they shouldn't be they're punished in many different ways.

There is a Sovereign who rules over the ship and when he dies and another rises the lowerdeckers are even more restricted, punishments even worse, life has become increasingly difficult and miserable, hopeless until Aster has a plan.

There are a few secrets in this book and the relationships between characters dynamic. All characters fleshed out and emotionally charged.

This was a brilliantly written book that again I suggest everyone read as long as you're 14 and older. There are many trigger warnings such as rape, abortion, violence, suicidal ideation, bullying, racism against black people and LGBTQ+ community.

I highly suggest even with those warnings to still read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

There's an abortion scene described in this book.