Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress

31 reviews

dixiecarroll's review against another edition

emotional informative lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.5

This was beautifully done. It was extremely dense and took me a while to get through, so beware if that is something you don’t like. I felt like I learned something new as I am unfamiliar with the art world or art in general and I loved how each character navigated the world. The prose was poetic and lovely, though I think it was a little overdone at times - it felt a little pretentious to use vocabulary that caused me to use a dictionary 3 times on one page. BUT I loved it because I think that’s the point! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, Abandonment, Death of parent, Dementia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

cdingler07's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

random19379's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, Classism, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

vera_nikolajevna's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide

aweso10's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

make this a movie!!! plz. i wanna see matthew macfadyen as robert, daisy edgar-jones as louisa... i'm not super picky about the rest, but all in all this book made me feel SO many things. i flew through it, but it felt cohesive and the characters felt so raw and real and relatable in the best and worst ways. shoutout to mpls-based author/queen antonia angress for this work of art- literally!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

hailspork's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

coffeecass's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, Classism, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

addie's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

const_elle_ations's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide and Homophobia

knhall14's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

The writing was nice. However, I could not bring myself to love this book. I tried. I'm fine with messy characters but I feel like there wasn't enough time with each of them to love them. There was only one character that from the beginning you get a good sense of who they are. Even though it was a 13 hour audiobook it felt too short to connect with the storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Drug use and Death