Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Crush by Richard Siken

23 reviews

mtw's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

books_onthe_ground's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

5.0

I cannot explain how much these poems mean to me. There are multiple times whilst reading this where I have to put the book down to cry or take a breather. I’m going to get a tattoo relating to these poems at some point that’s how much I love them. If there’s one poetry book I’m going to carry around for the rest of my life, it’s this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

calcifowl's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Death, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

go2hellstephanie's review

emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Holy shit. This poetry collection single-handedly showed me how beautiful and amazing it can be. I quite literally teared up more than once while reading.

Siken's poetry is full of both panic and love; "Crush" encapsulates both of these feelings perfectly. I could feel the heartbreak in his words as he tries to love and live as a gay man. It's beautifully visceral. Even the format of his poems are staggering.

"Crush" is what you should read if you have not felt how powerful poetry can be. An absolutely stunning and beautiful collection. I will never be the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

pang's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

ah1244's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

clemmiem's review

emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia

tahsintries's review

dark emotional hopeful sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

emohell's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

i think i enjoy his work more when i see it out of context on tumblr

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief and Self harm

emersonseyeball's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Death, Murder, and Hate crime