Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

All's Well by Mona Awad

49 reviews

nettles's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A Protagonist falling into madness but also existing in a magical realism space where you, the audience, can't tell what is in-universe fact from in-universe fiction? Honestly what a ride. 

Awad makes an unsettling atmosphere early on and charges forward until I both feared for and felt fear of Miranda as she told the story. This book gave me a lot of anxiety even when I put it down, trying to go about my simple, regular life.

I haven't read anything like this, but also I don't know if I'd recommend it to any of my friends so it's hard to rate. but I do think it masterfully captures of an emotion, even if the plot suffers a bit for it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

smolfrog's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Fucking insane. A worthy follow-up to Bunny. Witches, madness, chronic pain, & Shakespeare. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death, Infertility, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

megan_xn's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Gaslighting

alicemorrison1029's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Absolutely obsessed with everything Mona does. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts

kvokolek's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcohol

stripes_and_naps's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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By the time I finished the first few paragraphs I knew I was hooked. The sardonic humor, paired with painfully relatable chronic pain representation set the tone for what truly was a wild ride. While I can admit that this book is not for everyone, I enjoyed the surreal elements as they kept me guessing. I also really enjoyed the references to Shakespeare. I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of Kurt Vonnegut’s work or who loves a good antihero. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Gaslighting

mylou's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting

talis_turner's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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There are sexual elements to this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

rachelly's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

kittiesss's review against another edition

4.0

funny mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts