Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella

21 reviews

caroline_slaughter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

mscottyj's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

kristinesreads's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

erinmarple's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

deckledlens's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

The author's development of the setting is masterful. Immediately, you feel as if you're a student at Harvard with Cady, investigating the death of your sick brother. This book is heavy but fascinating. and I couldn't put it down. As the characters (read: ghosts) come alive before your eyes, you need to know more and more about them. While some areas of the plot felt disconnected or slow, you never once wanted to leave the characters until you learned the answer. I also loved how this book gave a voice to several whose are lost in the whitewashed history of ivy league schools. The author's note at the end explains more; definitely read it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness and Slavery

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

A lot of elements were thrown into the story that were sometimes hard to distinguish from one another. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Toxic relationship and Slavery

jmeslener's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

kdowli01's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.5

 Read if you're a fan of paranormal conspiracy theories. 👻👻 (Or if that’s too niche, if you like both genres and want to see how they come together!)
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Synopsis: Cady Archer comes to Harvard as a freshman, a year after her older brother committed suicide there after his diagnosis with schizophrenia. She tries to find answers about his last year, until she starts hearing voices herself. 
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This was pretty quick paced and exciting, although much of it was a bit jarring for me. It was clear the author did a ton of research into the individuals who were the voices for Cady, but a ton of time was spent on that, that didnt really advance the plot much. 
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I did like the way mental illness was handled - how it impacted the family and friends of the sufferer. Also how they each handled their own grief was done really well. 
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It also frustrated me that Cady, whose brother had schizophrenia, starts hearing voices and does NOTHING to take care of herself. Sigh. But I suppose that’s a natural risk, the stigma attached means people hide it. 
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Overall I enjoyed it, I just think some of it could have been edited down. Still recommend though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault

jbraith's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Suicide