Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

14 reviews

reading_rubies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide, Cancer, and Toxic relationship

oofsharkz73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

"'I want things to be okay,' I say softly. 'Are we going to be okay?'

 'I don't know.' Joey heaves his duffel bag over his shoulder. 'But maybe we can get somewhere close to it.'" 

"'I felt loved, but at the same time, I didn't care if I was loved.'" 

You'd be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow was a beautiful portrayal of the struggles of young adults today. Drug addiction, slut shaming, feeling unseen and unheard...Glasgow made the reader painfully aware of the fact that this is what teenagers struggle with today. This novel will hit you like a semi, but it's worth it. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Car accident, Child death, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

joseph_al's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Drug use, Addiction, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

nistro1402's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Bullying, Drug use, and Death

Minor: Mental illness, Cancer, and Suicide

pearicareads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Death, Car accident, Bullying, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, and Cursing

fanchera's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child death, and Addiction

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Alcohol

mgj19's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

3.5

You’d be Home Now

Kathleen Glasgow

“Listen, he said. The way you have to think of it is this: high school is like the ocean, like when we went to Mission Beach. There’s a lot of it and it seems scary, like if you go too far out, you’ll never get back. You’ll lose sight of land. And remember all the times we went under and came back up and how great it felt, the sun on our heads, like we beat something? Everybody here is just a different kind of sea creature. Some of them suck, literally and figuratively. Some of them are so beautiful you can’t believe they even exist. And some have scary teeth and weird floppy things, but they’re beautiful, too. And some want to eat you, because that’s just the way it is. I’m sorry about that. I didn’t make the rules if the ocean. The ocean, like high school, have its own laws. But remember this: sometimes the waves knock you down and it send like you isn’t have the strength to push back up, but you do, because whatever the water takes down, it gives back. But you have to adapt or die. Now, go swim.”

(Joey, page 94)

Meh, I didn’t particularly see the point of this book and I don’t have too much to say. But I completely agree with what Joey says about High School/ Secondary School. I am just particularly unlucky and go to a school full of chavs. lol

I’ve seen the reviews, and this book honestly sounded alright. This book was raw but it says that many people are dealing with stories like this in the US. I struggle to believe this but I’ve never been so I don’t know. 

Emmy seemed a bit bland to me. A bit naive possibly. Joey seems like a character with potential. He felt like an underdeveloped character. 

This was definitely better than How to Make Friends with The Dark but still very much a 3 star book. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Suicide

asspen's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Suicide, and Chronic illness

cloud_animals's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Child death, and Suicide

goldenslug's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Body shaming

Minor: Suicide