Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

L'attrape-coeurs by Jerome David Salinger by J.D. Salinger, J.D. Salinger

237 reviews

sasquatch_3's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol

kathyovalle01's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Vomit

kimib79's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective sad slow-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

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I deeply hated Holden to begin with and then it sunk into pity. He is pathetic, depressed, awkward boy who tries to be cool by cussing excessively and talking about sex. That said, he did say a few funny things and a couple poinient things. It's a quoteable book. "Sleep tight, ya morons!"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief

zibbi_is_reading's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

greenrequiem's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol

maeve_simone's review against another edition

3.5

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide

pythonesque's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A youth with all of the marks of clinically depressed person in dire need of a help runs away from school for New York and trying to find any human connection for two days. 
Oh, Holden. You snotty, whiny, angsty miserable idiot of a guy, with such a massive emotional pain that it hurts me to even think about it. My heart breaks for him for the entire plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Suicide

mushureads44's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual harassment

lipka's review against another edition

4.5

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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(Maybe one day I can finally put into words how this book makes me feel.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Alcohol

Minor: Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War

grizzlysnack's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Based on the years of people telling me this book was terrible or it sucked, I believe it's because they didn't wrap their mind around the fact that this book is supposed to show you some form of empathy.

We're shown 3 days of 16 year-old Holden's life, and the text is trying to make you feel empathetic towards him, who is struggling with the loss of his innocence. Almost everyone can relate to that.

Salinger has a unique prose when it comes to Holden's perspective and how Holden sees the world. I think that those who dislike The Catcher in the Rye either couldn't grasp the idea of putting themselves in someone else's shoes when they read through it, or were expecting a completely different type of writing (like I said, Salinger's writing style is meant to be distant from the reader, it's what makes Holden relatable).

Holden Caufield has been treated so poorly by the 'adult world' that he is making terrible decisions to get the attentions of people who couldn't care less about his well-being. I think that's where the message gets blurred, and what leads to those poor reviews of the text.

Overall I think that The Catcher in the Rye is a wonderfully written novel, coming from a 19 year-old who never read it in high school (where/when most people read this book). If you're in the mood to reflect on a fictional character's life instead of worrying about the action that is happening, this would be a perfect read for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Grief

Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia