Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Pact by Jodi Picoult

43 reviews

kecskestimi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

bettyjowerthmann's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

Jodi Picoult is amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Suicide

adilyn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

marysea's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Suicide

littlehat's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

A beautiful, emotional, roller-coaster ride of a story, with a mystery through the middle.

Unfortunately it got a little long winded for me and I felt the whole court drama could have been left out. I'm definitely interested in more from this author though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

shiv91's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was an entertaining read but that ending dragged the entire book down because it made no sense.

Also, were we supposed to like Chris? I couldn't stand him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment

jenijenocide's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Sexual assault, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Abortion

bookiezeeb's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I had a really hard time deciding if I liked this book or not. It made me sad in an empty kind of way. I guess you could say it is very real - it talks about people that have intense problems and the effects that these problems have on their loved ones. Honestly some parts of it made me sick to my stomach. I think that it proved many of the characters to be very selfish, but all in all it was well written and thought provoking, I found it frustrating that I knew more about each character than they did about each other, but I guess that is how life works in the real world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Violence

krisc1989's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

breezy17's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i am a husk of a human after reading this. this is my first jodi picoult book and was recommended by a close friend. i used to write off jodi picoult bc i equated her work in my mind with the same quality and subject matter of a lifetime movie, which was in retrospect clearly unfair. i blame it on my sister's keeper blowing up in the mid-2000s. regardless, this book was very good, but also very sad, at times hitting a little too close to home for comfort. now i'm going to go read a fluffy romance novel to cope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide