Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

La mujer del viajero en el tiempo by Silvia Alemany, Audrey Niffenegger

68 reviews

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Cancer, Infidelity, Suicide, Medical content, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Death, Infertility, and Pregnancy

rhughes7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

3.75

A compelling story. People doing their best with the lot they are given. Docking some stars for stereotypical portrayals of Black people and Korean people. Troubling at some parts, but I found myself sympathetic to the plight of the characters. I struggled to get through the end because I knew how it ended, but the first 3/4 of the book went by very quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

marekziemowit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Suicide

jenn_reads's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

I could have lived my whole life without reading the phrase "I want to give Clare a baby, see Clare ripen like a fresh melon" but here we are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

Decapitation, car accident, limb amputation

littlebubblegum's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

alelumino's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

i can find no flaws in this book. it is simply magnificent & a whole different world to read. reading this book overtime was undescriable honestly, maybe nostaglic actually. u have to read it for urself and the ending of the book left me speechless to say the least.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicide

alldivviedup's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Miscarriage

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Vomit

flowers_and_cows's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The story of Clare and Henry was surprisingly easy to follow, even with all of Henry's time traveling. A great story, and the ending left me wanting and wishing that there was more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Child death, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Car accident, Grief, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

ejoymiller11's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I am not usually a tough critic, but I did not love this for several reasons. 

1. This story (in my opinion) was told backwards, and would last the test of time better had it been told the other way around. Being about time travel, the story bounces around quite a bit. However, I would argue the story more closely follows Clare’s linear timeline. Before we actually get to know the two main characters as a couple, the first half of the book is about how Clare knew Henry as a child and teenager. We learn about Henry’s lustful thoughts about her even when she is underage, even when she is prepubescent, which made me very uncomfortable. In my opinion, had we learned about their adult relationship first by strictly following Henry’s timeline, and had Henry just straight up not had inappropriate thoughts about a CHILD, I think the relationship would seem less creepy (but let’s be honest, some of what happened would be creepy, inappropriate, and sick regardless). 

2. About 200 pages of the 536 pages I read weren’t relevant. I don’t understand why certain scenes were necessary as they didn’t contribute to the plot, character development, or context of the story. The whole infidelity thing? For what. 

3. INCONSISTENCIES. And inaccuracies. Some of this book just straight up didn’t make sense. I found myself wondering SO many times, “did the author do literally ANY research??” Yes, probably with certain art pieces and music mentioned in the story, but certainly not how pregnancy, miscarriage, birth, hypothermia, and other medical things work. Furthermore, so many times the book would mention something like “they decided to leave the kids at home!” And on the next page, “the kids were playing quietly in the corner.” Like did no one proofread this? I’m lost. 

4. Sometimes it was really hard to understand who was speaking. The book bounces between Henry’s and Clare’s perspectives, but in sections of the dialogue there are long stretches with no indication of who is speaking. Several times I had to go back and reread to understand the context of what was happening and what the characters were feeling. 

I felt like this was a great concept that was so poorly executed. This could be a fantastic, timeless love story, but it just fell flat for me. The writing combined with the characters who weren’t just flawed, but horrible people, ruined it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Infidelity, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Alcoholism, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Drug use, Chronic illness, and Cancer

vannahcabana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

The timeline of this book is all over the place since it’s about time-traveling. You really need to pay attention to the dates/ages given of the characters before reading the section. Otherwise, you’ll be completely lost! It is a fairly good read though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Death of parent, Death, Miscarriage, and Alcoholism