Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

19 reviews

eggboy397's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Rape, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, and Self harm

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

pagesofkenzie's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Adult/minor relationship

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

Read for my reading around the world challenge: Canada. Very productive, but so challenging and sad. Please check content warnings, but it is a good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Child death, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

harkless's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

Minor: Cursing

tangerinetigerlilies's review

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Murder, Pregnancy, Body horror, Gore, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

nagev's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Pedophilia, Violence, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Self harm, and Murder

Minor: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

stavzilla's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Dark and disturbing. Poignant and engulfing. Highly recommend the audiobook version - it is read by the author and includes vocalizations and gives an added layer of depth. See content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Mental illness, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicide

kay_raichu's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

It's an amazing novel that manages to incorporate prose organically. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Incest, and Suicide

catapocalypse's review

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

The description of the book doesn't do it full justice; the book is a mix of brief sections of prose, poems, and Jaime Hernandez's illustrations. The narrative is equally fragmented, but forms a powerful whole that is both fierce and vulnerable. Tagaq draws inspiration from her own life in this depiction of growing up in Nunavut that is brutally honest yet shrouded in spirits and visions. The girl at the center of the narrative roams the town and surrounding wilderness through the extended daylight of northern summers and endless night of the winters. She tries to escape the demons plaguing the adults, including alcoholism and sexual abuse. She encounters spirits with varying intentions, and at seventeen one such encounter leads to an unusual pregnancy.

I had to sit with this for a bit, because reading poetry is not something I have enough experience with. Much like Tagaq's music, it's haunting, beautiful, and explores a wide range of emotion and experience. Despite the vast difference between these experiences and my own, there were things that deeply resonated with me.

The brief length of the book and the quick pace the short sections make of it suggest a fast read, but I recommend taking your time to sit with each section, especially if you're inexperienced with poetry or more unconventional narrative styles. Please look up the content warnings if you need, as well; there is a lot of trauma explored, but also a lot of healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia, Body horror, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

bardic_llama's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug use, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm