Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

146 reviews

whoisrois's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

not the representation I expected ♓️🤧 good tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt

slimeswords's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.25

a gorgeous tale (tail?) exploring  the horrors that come from loving love more than you love yourself, or anything else. i almost stopped reading a few times, first from fatphobia and then from the discomfort of seeing myself in the narrator’s desperation. i’m so glad i kept on. everything sits perfectly balanced on the rocky edge- between self-destruction and growth,  judgment and empathy, fantasy and reality, love and hate. the ending was pitch perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, and Suicide attempt

eunicaa's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

edytaworyna's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

pinotconnoir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

The writer is a good writer. The premise is certainly interesting. I love weird books- I really do- but I just couldn’t get past the MC’s selfishness and lack of care for living creatures.  I get that the book is a metaphor for love addiction/ depression/ loneliness/ mental illness, but I was left at the end feeling like “what was the point of this?”  The concept was unique and cool, the MC was easy to stay with, but I was really upset by the ending.  I know people who are horrible exist, but at this point in my life, I didn’t enjoy reading about one.  3.5 because the writing style and prose is really good and at times very funny. I was just too disturbed by the animal cruelty.  That includes

merman schlong. I could very much handle the schlong but dog neglect? No thank you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide attempt

if you don’t do well with animal neglect, don’t read this.

kristin_boren's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

the dog dies

I think without that spoiler I might have been more inclined to give it 5 stars. I do generally like a weird book about horrible characters. Maybe Lucy was just a little too selfish than I could handle. Writing was excellent though, I'll certainly read more from Melissa Broder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

kaddictwithapen's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, and Suicide attempt

hannacolm's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

3.0

Some of Melissa Broder’s best writing. And yet…I knocked a whole star off because of

the dog death.

I liked the ending. The first third of the book was very entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Suicidal thoughts

froggoz13's review against another edition

dark

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

Really bad in my opinion. Bad writing, bad story, bad characters. The main character Lucy is a really bad person and the rest of the story doesn't redeem that. The disgusting details of her life weren't funny to me so I did not enjoy reading any of the book. Many parts were absurd and the dialogue was simple so ut was quite easy and quick to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking and Abortion

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Blood, Car accident, and Suicide attempt