Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

31 reviews

katrinaslibrary's review

emotional hopeful slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide, Rape, and Toxic friendship

73phyr's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

4.75

A beautifully queer mashup of urban fantasy and science fiction with a coming of age journey. It manages to avoid the common wish fulfilment tropes in much trans fiction and treats its characters with respect. It has a fantastic sense of place like the community it’s set in is one of the characters.

I absolutely loved it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide

murderousscottishgremlin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Such a beautiful story of learning how to live again, even after what feels like losing everything. Aoki’s writing is so heartfelt and gorgeous, especially when talking about music. The characters are all so complex and messy and loveable in their own ways, and I adored the found family aspect! I’ll probably come back and write a better review once I can form coherent thought. This book is very good!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Homophobia

Moderate: Self harm and Racism

Minor: Suicide

eni_iilorak's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Outing, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Murder, Self harm, Bullying, Classism, and Homophobia

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicide

unstibble's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

Absolutely amazing. I cried several times. The way that this book uses music is fantastic. Please read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria and Transphobia

Minor: Suicide, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Outing, and Rape

jj_tj's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Child abuse

Moderate: Deadnaming, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Suicide, Self harm, Death, and Murder

lilly_anne's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Self harm, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Death, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicide

accovino's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Strange and bright and heartbreaking and delightful. It really did make me laugh and cry. Very difficult in parts, see warnings for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide, Racial slurs, Racism, and Deadnaming

tofutofutofu's review against another edition

3.5

The premise of this book is terrific. Three lives intersect: a trans girl running away from home, a violin teacher who made a deal with the devil, and a space alien who owns a donut shop. There are some very lovely moments, but the writing is not very good. It's repetitive, there are far too many fragments, and half the book seems to be written as questions. A bit pizzicato for me. This book is also pretty cruel to the trans character, particularly how she thinks about herself, and the book spends too much time giving space to transphobes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, and Deadnaming

Minor: Rape

ash_ton's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Fr should have read the content warnings for this because some of this stuff kinda bothered me, and normally reading things doesn't affect me that much. I guess it's kind of on me because obviously I have access to content warnings. Oh well. Anyways.

Complaints first, because I'm an asshole. I'm not sure I liked the different shifting POVs. I like to think I'm not an idiot, so at first I'd be a little lost on who was talking. And there were so many. Some of them just side characters. Wack.

I did really like the book though. I don't normally go for sci-fi, and I actually read this or the LGBTQIA+ book club I'm in. At first I wasn't a huge fan of it but I'm glad I stayed with it. Definitely thought provoking and an interesting story. Shirley was my favorite character. All my homies love Shirley.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dysphoria, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Self harm, and Transphobia

Moderate: Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Racial slurs, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide, Cultural appropriation, Suicidal thoughts, Deportation, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War