Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

12 reviews

glowhoya's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I am the last person to read, let alone recommend, a multi-pov, multiple time period book. However. Stellar read! Immediately engaging, well interwoven narratives (and all of them are actually interesting!) fleshed out characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide and Homophobia

A large part of this book details an active shooter situation involving children. None of the children are harmed.

rebeccarudisill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Epic, sprawling, and mysterious this book highlights everything that is good about books. And about people. Hold onto your pants because this is a wild ride.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Blood, Animal death, and War

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide

miller8d's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

Changed my relationship to books and reading. One of the best books I have ever read. I highlighted so many passages that the Kindle highlight collection was literally 26 pages long.

Cried several times both out of happiness and sadness. Beautifully captures the actual sensations of love and loss and grief, and the gorgeous nature of children and animals and family, queer love and neurodivergent pain, and so much more. Refreshing poetry and ridiculously beautiful world-building in such intricate historical contexts. Addressed so many different issues and experiences with such flair and emotion. Delivers anarchist / anti-establishment / leftist values from the optimistic perspective that to be human is to be a part of the problem, and yet, we must love one another and love the Earth in order to power through the pain of life in order to radically experience the love, because that’s why we are here.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Racism, Physical abuse, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Homophobia, Sexism, Abandonment, War, Slavery, Gun violence, Colonisation, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Child death, Child abuse, Suicide, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Racial slurs, Bullying, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, and Animal cruelty

I am very sensitive and I LOVED this book and found it deeply emotionally uplifting despite these very severe content warnings

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Suicide

bg_oseman_fan's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

5.0

i liked “All The Light Wr Cannot See,” but i loved this book. i don’t think i’ll ever be able to stop talking about it. i just finished it and i already want to read it again. the themes are so complex and so present in the story. the characters lives and journeys connect and diverge thematically in such interesting ways. truly a timeless tale that should be among the modern classics of literature if it isn’t already. it reads so cohesively even as your journey through time and space and POVs. if you can’t love this book, i truly am sorry for you. such a joy to read. i would recommend to literally anyone, anywhere, anytime. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Rape, Animal death, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Confinement, Death, Islamophobia, Slavery, War, Violence, Ableism, Suicide, and Terminal illness

sapphicpenguin's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful

5.0

Absolutely stunning. You might have to take notes, and you'll immediately want to start it over again once you finish. The timelines this book weaves together are so alien to each other at first, but ancient Greek literature touches them all, and they're all so achingly human. Every single character matters and the nonlinearity of the plot is so intentional and meaningful. You're constantly surprised, left wondering. This book is about time, and hardship, and the futility of trying to escape those things. It's about librarians, too, and hope. It's about people. It'll stay with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and War

Moderate: Child death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

miastegner's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

took me a while to feel oriented in the story but once I was familiar with all the characters & the timeline it got way more engaging!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Gun violence, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, Slavery, Bullying, and Excrement

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, War, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Animal death, Death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Rape, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, and Violence

breadwitchery's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Homophobia, Death, Mental illness, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Gun violence, and Animal death

Minor: Child death, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

burge08's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide