Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

236 reviews

wiktoria_bojda's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content

hannah_cogo's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts

tieflingmom's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective

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

maddalenacesco's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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teenage misanthropist who grew up in a silver-spoon gated community.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol

wrensandroses's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective fast-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: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit, Trafficking

countdraculahimself's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny sad fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Violence, Grief

Minor: Bullying, Suicide

darcybeckett's review against another edition

3.0

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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Pretty neutral on this book. I don't have super strong feelings either way which seems to place me in the minority, as I feel like people tend to either really hate or really love this book. Similarly with Holden I didn't love him or hate him, I more just felt really bad for him.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts

seanml's review against another edition

4.5

funny 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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Excellent. A kid on the verge of growing into a young adult tells us all about how the world works. Everyone is annoying - either they're sad and pathetic to think about. Or they're phony; so full of themselves. Every except Holden - Holden who hates movies more than anything but sometimes goes to watch them. Holden who knows all about how women work because he's decided how they work before he even says hello. Holden does have a lot of beautiful points to make about the world - they're just not the ones he intends. 9/10.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting

sarahsharp's review against another edition

3.5

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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

halaagmod's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny reflective 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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I suppose for the time written, the contents in this book were groundbreaking and never seen before, and I can certainly appreciate the cultural significance that this book has had on Western literature and pop culture. However, in the era where much of the protagonist's antics are more-or-less seen as completely normal or expected teenage behavior, it falls flat in living up to its legacy and does little to give the reader anything entirely unique or of substance to chew on. There's little for me to dig my fangs into as far as analyzation since everything is just laid out for the reader (though this did help in English class; easiest A I've ever gotten on an assignment), and as far as an actual story, though it is dull and uneventful throughout the entire thing, it was still an enjoyable read thanks to Holden's pessimistic quips and the wonderful writing, hence my three star rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia