Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn

6 reviews

lexyan's review

emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

I was skeptical early on reading this, but I ended up really liking it. It's a good takedown of gender essentialism set on the backdrop of early apocalypse-level climate change. There's heavy use of dramatic irony that works really well to keep you invested in reading it. All of the POV characters are well-written, including the perfectly hateable villain. The ending is hopeful but a little unsatisfying, which sort of feels perfect for the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual violence, Transphobia, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Rape

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Alcohol, Classism, Vomit, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and War

dykebakery's review

challenging dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicide, and Medical trauma

kelsielovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, and Suicide

laughtrack17's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Suicide

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Transphobia, Addiction, Death, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use

wornpagesandendlesscoffey's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Yours for the Taking takes sapphic novels and redefines them. I can imagine its characters asking 'Bechtel test? How primitive.' This book asks the question 'What if a white feminist is given supreme power and authority'- and the results are as disastrous and disturbing as you can imagine. In a world ravaged by climate change, a world destroyed by raging storms and too high temperatures, innovators create "Inside"; a safe zone for the select few financed by the world's billionaires. The story follows a group of women as they navigate this new world, the betrayals, love, and heartache they experience; and how dangerous a lack of intersectionality can be. This one is one to watch, and an important commentary on our social and personal dynamics in an ever changing world that never truly has our best interests at heart. A gripping narrative about power, race, and identity- and how even at the end of the world we divide and oppress each other. And what happens when we say enough is enough.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Death of parent, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Ableism, Classism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Pregnancy, Rape, Transphobia, Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death

nukie19's review

adventurous dark reflective sad tense 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

3.75

This is a really thought-provoking look at a near-future world and how the goals of creating a community without the patriarchy is a more complex problem than it originally appears.  Korn does a good job of really breaking down the simplistic view from the billionaire funding the project - an older, wealthy, cis-hetero, white female - about how to create this reality by just eliminating men from the picture.  Touching on topics such as the gender spectrum, power imbalances, trans-rights, bodily autonomy, and more, this book probably isn't for everyone who isn't ready for that kind of political statement along with their speculative/climate fiction.  It can be at times a little simple and obvious with the themes, but overall I think it would make a great book club read to open discussions on these topics.

Thanks to the publisher for providing an ARC through Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Drug use