Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See

22 reviews

angela__g's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Racism, and Sexual assault

heather_braun's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, and Miscarriage

lovetlr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Child death, Rape, Suicide, Racism, Ableism, Death of parent, War, Violence, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Deportation

addierr's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Suicide, and Death

winnieho's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Suicide

jessreadsandrambles's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Miscarriage, Racism, and Racial slurs

taegibff's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Infertility, Racism, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, War, and Xenophobia

internetella's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Beautiful and tense book about two sisters going through life together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicide

Minor: Racial slurs

Author specifies that racial slurs are accurate to the time period but in no way condones them.

bookreviewswithkb's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

i have mixed feelings 

Shanghai Girls started off really strong for me. i was drawn into the story and appreciating the historical context, learning about the political landscape of China in the late 1930s, and later on in the novel, learning about the relationship between China and america and the impact the fear of communism had on the individual lives of Chinese americans, all the racist antics of white americans

but from about halfway through on i felt the novel lacked a true plot. and the way Lisa See tries to wrap things up felt very predictable and unoriginal. i was getting a bit bored

this is only the second Lisa See novel i’ve read and i will definitely be reading more. this just wasn’t the strongest for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Rape, Suicide, and Racism

3ksindhwisjdhd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Racism, Violence, Sexism, Miscarriage, and Rape

Moderate: Hate crime and Suicide

Minor: Blood