Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

100 reviews

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, and Suicide attempt

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? No

5.0

Becky Chamber's writing is always such a treat. And 100% would've wanted to grow up to be Ariadne when I was a kid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Grief

Minor: War, Medical content, Sexual content, and Death

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

I am filled with existential anxiety, but I adore the crew of the Merian. Ariadne is a fun narrator, Elena and Jack add necessary tension, and Chikondi is easy to love. The amorous dynamics of the crew are really neat, and I love how they differ from humanity as it is now. Collectivism and honoring the goals, sacrifices, and ethos of the organization they've loved and believe in overall is a fantastic way to tie up a thought provoking story.
This concept could have easily sent me down a panic spiral, but the groundedness of the crew and their tender and sincere humanity makes this story as comfortable as it can be, given the circumstances.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Animal death, Confinement, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

c_df's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

abbie_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Started and finished this one within 12 hours, can’t express how much I love Becky Chambers 🥺 I feel like I can definitely say she’s one of my favourite authors now, and I’m so happy that I still have a few more of her books to read - I never want them to end! Just like I never wanted this book to end, which is v sad because it was only 150 pages and it was perfect. Science fiction is one of my least read genres but the way Chambers melds sci fi with pure human heart just gets me every time. In this one, she explores the question of whether space travel is ethical - her characters venture to new worlds intending only to gather knowledge and learn, in the face of corporations & governments who’d have them explore space in search of something new to sell or a new planet to colonise. They aren’t perfect, they’re flawed and mistakes are made, and I absolutely fell in love with them all. I also love how queer people just exist in Chambers’ books, no fanfare, just vibes. I was not expecting to cry, but cry I did at the end of the Opera chapter 😭 Literally just perfect, like that girl from that one tiktok, perfect perfect perfect!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

marlandreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, and Death

ktkeps's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement

kers_tin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Sexual content

cfell's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Mental illness

hanz's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts