Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi

20 reviews

brookey8888's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.25

I enjoyed this, but I think that to much was happening and none of it get wrapped up or flushed out. I appreciate the topics discussed in this, all of them being hard and difficult conversations, but half of them weren’t even concluded. This also just felt off to me? I’m not Muslim so I can’t speak on the 
Representation And the some of the  topics discussed, but it just didn’t seem All that well done to me. I know the author is Muslim so maybe that’s her experience, but read reviews from Muslim readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Islamophobia, Car accident, Grief, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

sbbailey's review

challenging 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

3.75

i have a lot of thoughts about this book, on the one hand it’s half baked until about 75% but then it still doesn’t make complete sense. on the other hand i see what the author was trying to do here, it was very poetic, in a way. but some authors aren’t equipped to write true poetic work. i get what mafi was trying to do with this book. it didn’t make sense until the end because it wasn’t supposed to the main characters thoughts were so jumbled because of GREIF, mafi just didn’t assemble it correctly. it had great potential, but the potential wasn’t met. she wrote this book with the write concept for the times, but the writing just doesn’t do it justice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Islamophobia, Child death, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Hate crime

wrinnola's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Self harm, Xenophobia, Grief, Islamophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Child death, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Police brutality

kaitray16's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Self harm, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

readerorwateva's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: War and Panic attacks/disorders

noxygens's review

emotional reflective tense 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Islamophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

riannesdijkstra's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

bookcaptivated's review

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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death, Islamophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and War

martinaaw's review

emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Self harm

criticalbooks's review

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Car accident, Abandonment, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Islamophobia