Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

I Am Not Okay With This by Charles Forsman

63 reviews

dafni's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia and War

ash_among_the_stars's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"I am not okay with this" is a graphic novel that sucks you in, and takes you on a rollercoaster of a journey, leading you to get off at the end wondering is this really the end of the ride? 
This graphic novel explores themes of trauma, control and self discovery through Sydney a 15 year old girl who's narration is filled with teen angst and nihilism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

readingpicnic's review

dark funny

3.0

Femcel Greg Heffley. This was so different from the show, especially that ending! Omg! I do love a genuinely surprising and upsetting ending though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

searchforahero's review

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

The best thing I can say about I Am Not Okay With This is that it definitely felt like the diary of a suicidal teenager. Unfortunately that is also the worst thing about this book. The story is extremely sporadic, going from one plot point to the other without exploring them in any depth. I felt as though the author had a checklist of every "dark" and "mature" topic they wanted to put in their story, but didn't actually have anything they wanted to say about any of them. Maybe this was intentional, it does really sell the "mentally ill teenagers diary" thing, but that doesn't make it an interesting read. This doesn't feel like a book, there's nothing here other than

"and then I hooked up with an older woman and then my friend got teen pregnant and then I smoked weed and then I killed a guy and then I killed myself."

none of the characters are interesting, and none of the plot points are explored in any meaningful way. I don't feel like the author actually had anything to say with this, they just wanted to see if they could emulate the writing style of an emo teen. If you're reading this and disagree and felt you got something out of this, I'm really happy for you! I wish I could say the same. I'm not going to say "don't read the book the shows better", because this is all subjective and you might prefer the book to the show, but what I can say is that I felt that the show did a lot more with it's characters and had a more interesting story. If you're coming to read the book because you want more of the show, don't bother, they couldn't be more different.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abandonment

cpycatkiller's review

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Drug use, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape

allegedmusician's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

ybel's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Depressing af. The adaptation is definitely better than the source material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Death, Sexism, and Death of parent

uglyjulissa's review

dark emotional sad

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Death of parent

lucylou's review

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

0.25

As a fan of the Netflix show, I came in with expectations that were completely disappointed. This story is dark in ways I'd say are unnecessary and pointless. There's not much of a plot besides Sydney being a jerk to everyone and killing people. There's no real backstory to her powers or personality or anything. The lessons and takeaways at the end are harmful, and the queer representation doesn't add much.

I'd vote skip this if you're on the fence about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Medical content