Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer

28 reviews

sophiecatherine's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-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

Only four stars because it was definitely somewhat chaotic and had its lengths. Also, all the extra drama at the end was unnecessary and disgusting, ngl. But except for that, this was an enjoyable reading experience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Grief, War, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

megs_baer's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

czoltak's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

5.0

Declan Murphy has my whole heart 💙💚💙

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Child death

Minor: Infidelity

mslow's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt

rainbow10's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

A fairly short, easy book to get into. Sad in some places, funny in others but really sweet 😊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

tammythree's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Self harm, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: War, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

terezar114's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

This book had me in the biggest chokehold and I read 300 in a day. Yes, that's a lot. It's inspiring i a way and it'll make you think about things differently once you finish it.

Duclan's backstory is the saddest thing ever. The way he experiences emotions through this books is so insane. I felt so bad for him so many times, I mean his parents were shitty and the way he saw himself and hinted of suicide sometimes was just heartbreaking. Juliett's mom made me want to rip the book apart, like what the hell was she thinking. Emotions are portrayed incredibly in this book. The plot itself is so unique and just cool that you are taken by it. I would have prefered if we saw more of the actual relationship between them than the last two pages or so.

Overall this book had me hooked and I definitely recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Violence, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

rearic's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

readingwheneva's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book took me honestly no time to read which is saying something since I hit a pretty serious reading slump before picking up this book.  Following Declan and Juliet was honestly amazing and the way their characters were written was so amazing and realistic that it made it so hard to put the book down because I needed to know what happened next.
Letters to the Lost is written in first person narration but does switch between Juliet and Declan as far as point of view goes.  If Juliet sends a letter or an email then the chapter is from Declan’s POV and vice versa.  Both characters have some seriously dark things that they are dealing with and being able to confide in each other through letters (and later emails) helps both of them in their grief and healing processes.  Even though neither character knows that they have had many interactions throughout the book at first, eventually, it is revealed who they both truly are.
The fact that we get to follow both characters through their trials and tribulations and that we get to see how vulnerable both Juliet and Declan can be with each other and it’s amazing to be able to follow their  journey from not knowing each other at all, to being  friends and then, eventually, to being romantically  involved with each other.  Ultimately, I gave this book 5 stars for the character development, beautiful writing and range of emotions that were  truly invoked  through reading this book.  I honestly can’t wait to read  the second book in this series to continue the beauty that  is this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Addiction, and Suicide attempt

ericacanjustaboutread's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, and Suicide attempt