Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

142 reviews

engel21's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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: Homophobia, Bullying, Suicide, and Gun violence

sheena_sherburn's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

2.0

The concept was good but everything was too rushed to enjoy. None of the characters were lovable because they were not developed enough and I found that the personalities of some of the characters would change too much to be consistent or believable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Suicide

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Death, Grief, Body horror, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol

jadeyfish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Racial slurs

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

Why is the book being sympathetic to the white school shooter?????????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Child death, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide

psychicsunset's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

The writing and vocabulary was great. Great use of metaphors and similes. The climax was hard to identify and underwhelming. The falling action and resolution were stretched. The author has a great talent with words and description and the concept of the book and very interesting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Rape, Racial slurs, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

rileylopez's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide

bri_14's review

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

This book dragged a bit in the beginning but when it kicked off, it didn’t really stop. I didn’t know where this book was going—initially expecting a darker, murder mystery story. I enjoyed both POVs to highlight the similarities between Jake and Sawyer. I think each characters’ pains and low points were genuine. I’m only concerned about Sawyer’s first major outburst (for lack of better words) because given his background, I could see some sympathizing his violence. It felt like textbook to how it’s portrayed on the news. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexual harassment and Animal cruelty

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

There are def some difficult topics in this book so check out content/trigger warnings before reading!
Overall, thought the book was solid. I enjoyed the paranormal aspects of it and how it also spoke on trauma. I would've liked to see more of Jake learning/accepting his power thought. I enjoyed reading about his interpersonal relationships growing and how his intrapersonal relationship grew as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Pedophilia, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, and Rape

meaghanjoyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury