Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Amit sohase mondtam el by Celeste Ng

389 reviews

faithflops's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Death

sundayfever's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Reflective read that could only have been written by an Asian person, because it captures so well the intense pressure parents put on their children lol. Lots to digest on mixed race marriages, feels of inferiority, family trauma, and gender. Felt like the queer part of the story wasn't developed enough and was just included as a throwaway. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Suicide, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol

mle11's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Suicide, Death, Abandonment, and Child death

Moderate: Racism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, and Misogyny

Minor: Outing, Vomit, and Racial slurs

hannahsteinberg's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Have you ever watched someone you love, do something so out of pocket for them that you thought “wow, do I really know them?”. Because that’s what Lydia’s family is asking themselves since she died. The book begins with them wondering where Lydia, our main character and most loved child of their parents, is. When they realize that she’ll never come back, they have to navigate through their life and loss. Through flashbacks we, as readers, learn what happened and how it all comes together.  We learn about the family dynamics, their dreams and struggles and how it is for them to be the only Chinese-American people in the city. Especially Lydia’s father combat the feeling of being different and the need to blend in. 

This book deals with pressure, neglect and jealousy. It’s about the things that die inside of us when we keep our own selfs locked and how our souls are leaving every day when we are silenced by ourselves to make others happy.

This book will make you angry and want to slap and hug the characters in it at the same time. But be aware that it’s not a murder mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

elma212's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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: Suicide

shaleen64's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.0

A beautiful, but saddening,  portrayal of family life and dynamics. This book covers issues relating to racism, parental expectations, societal expectations and the harm that can come from everything we fail to communicate. A beautifully written book, well suited to readers who like fully developed and relatable characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual content

angievansprang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Oof. This was a heavy read. The content is very dark and I found the family dynamics hard to read about as I just felt so awful for the kids. Really goes to show the trickle-down effects of parents not dealing with their own issues and then putting said issues on their children. VERY sad read but extremely beautiful writing. I’m excited to read more by Celeste Ng.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

jrosek5's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity

maziemouse's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

 *plays It’s Quiet Uptown on repeat* 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Infidelity, Racism, and Child death

jessikkaha's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.0

This book sucked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Death, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Suicide, Vomit, and Child death