Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Guten Morgen, Mitternacht by Jean Rhys

7 reviews

lemaog's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.75

Good morning, midnight was written in 1939 but reads like a contemporary novel. It deals with the struggles of a young english woman in Paris between the two wars. It’s dark, sad and devastating to read, but I couldn’t put it down. I could relate to a lot of emotions the main protagonist felt, her struggle to make it through each day, the feeling of loosing love and the loneliness afterwards. 

Please, please, monsieur et madame, mister, missis and miss, I am trying so hard to be like you. I know I don’t succeed, but look how hard I try. […] every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights. Since I was born, hasn’t every word I’ve said, every thought I’ve thought, everything I’ve done, been tied up, weighted, chained?

I would recommend this novel to anyone who likes Sylvia Plaths or Virginia Woolfs work and wants to revisit the atmospheric Paris of the 1930s. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

jose_fineh's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts

heartofhorrors's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Grief, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Abandonment, and Eating disorder

joseph_fertitta's review against another edition

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual assault

smkruegs's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape

redrabble's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Suicidal thoughts