Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange

5 reviews

dirrtydeenyul's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

jeclements4's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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

5.0

Tracey Lange always masterfully creates real characters who deal with complex issues. She does it again with "What Happened to the McCrays?"  Her depiction of small-town life in upstate New York feels authentic. I loved all the characters, not just the couple. This book made me laugh out loud and cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lnbarone's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

dblue236's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Tracey Lange's writing is beautiful, but so much of this book felt like much ado about... well, not nothing, but very little. Almost all of the conflict could have been resolved if these two people who claimed to know each other so well would have just communicated instead of constantly running away from each other and avoiding talking about difficult subjects. I suppose that was probably the point, but I had a hard time staying interested despite the fact that the author is a skilled writer. Overall this wasn't a terrible book, and maybe it was just a matter of personal taste, but I was very ready to be done with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infertility, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Blood