Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

51 reviews

readingisforlosers's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

stevie's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Infidelity, Outing, Suicide, Cancer, Death of parent, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts

alexmill's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

Minor: War

sydneybedell's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Outing, Racism, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Cancer, Alcohol, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

sabrinames's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

krys_kilz's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

I loved reading a book dedicated to platonic love and friendship. As one reviewer put it, it felt "subtly subversive" within a dominant culture steeped in romantic love. The ebbs and flows of Fiona and Jane's friendship as they moved apart, grew increasingly distant and changed resonated deeply with my own experiences with long-term friendships. The unspeakable grief of losing the closeness and proximity you had as children and teenagers and the unbearable loneliness of being left behind. The raw emotion captured between these pages broke my heart and healed it simultaneously.

I also thought the story lines unpacking Jane and Fiona's relationships with their parents were really strong. Fiona as her mother's "own heart, walking outside her body" and Jane trying to save Julian in an attempt to save her father - the complexity and messiness were translated beautifully.

My favorite stories in the collection were: Cold Turkey, Clairvoyance, and the title story Fiona and Jane.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Drug use, and Fatphobia

meishallaneous's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Abortion, Biphobia, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and War

literature_leona's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

1.0

It started off strong, but that didn’t last long. I wanted to love it, but couldn’t. There wasn’t much plot, the characters weren’t very interesting, and the points of view and timeline jumped around so frequently it was easy to get confused. I would have given up on it, but it was a buddy read. I hope whoever reads it loves it like I wanted to. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Racism, and Abortion

joana's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Physical abuse, Abortion, and Toxic relationship

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Grief, Drug use, Infidelity, Outing, Xenophobia, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Classism, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Racism