Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

439 reviews

listensandy's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

jessyc's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Violence, and Drug abuse

hazel_oat's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexual content, Body horror, Gun violence, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Addiction, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Body shaming

Minor: Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, and Gore

mgracie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

The prose in this book was delicious

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Violence

ccmarie_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Addiction, and Death of parent

alyssav20's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Physical abuse

queenbookbuff's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

I read this book for my bookclub. I finished it because I am bothered when people show up to bookclubs unprepared. If not for that, I would have never finished this book. I am appalled by the behavior of the main character, and the woman she was obsessed with. I feel like the author was deliberately being provocative, and it felt overdone and trite. If you have trauma with suicide, assault, depression, sex, drugs, and stalking don't read this book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, and Medical trauma

secretbeeparty's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

5.0

i was hesitant about this book because it had blown up on tiktok, so i wasn't sure just how good it actually was. good god, this book is crazy and stressful and hilarious and ridiculous. i LOVED it. very similar energy to motherthing in the sense that this book covers some really heavy topics in a very laissez faire kind of way. i loved the way this book was written because you really felt like you were in the mind of Greta and her thought processes. not to mention, i got so freakin' stressed out when everything started to totally unfold and i just could not put this book down. i will be thinking about this one for a long time!!! i also really appreciated the perspective of an older woman because my books tend to skew younger main characters. im not a big rereader by any means, but i definitely anticipate myself reading this again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Physical abuse, and Suicide

leafyjosie's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

lostgwennel's review

dark emotional funny tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Animal cruelty