Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Sun and the Star by Mark Oshiro, Rick Riordan

11 reviews

imageryx's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

While this was an enjoyable book, it did not feel like it was written my Riordan. The writing style was very different and the characters even felt different. That was a bit disappointing, but it was enjoyable nonetheless

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

annahamburger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Self harm, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Homophobia, Stalking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Child death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Blood, Eating disorder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

besohappily's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Outing

thegr1mreader's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Medical content, Grief, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Biphobia

daisytrails's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Torture, War, Violence, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Outing, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Murder, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Dementia, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, and Gore

armand's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Death, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, and Grief

Moderate: Violence and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Confinement

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

Read For:

Happy Ending

Amazhang Humor

Mild Hurt/Comfort

Grumpy x Sunshine

Healthy Relationship 

Keeping this spoiler free as always this book was so dam good.  Oh, my gods.  This book was like a pipe dream of everything solangelo and I absolutely loved it.

There is so much I enjoyed about this book and just the fact alone that I was able to read a book focused on solangelo is still shocking to me.  Nico and Will genuinely mean so much to me and I can not express just how happy this book made me.

Nico finally being able to heal after everything that happened to him and be in such a healthy and loving relationship with the embodiment of a Care Bear.  His friendship with Mr. D was something I didn’t know that I needed until I read it and oh, my gods, it was everything.

The humor in this book was so hilarious even in serious moments Nico or Will would just say something that had me laughing; like when Nico realized his boyfriend had never watched the music video of: ‘Montero’ by Lil Nas X this still has me dying.

He glared at Will.  “Really?  You’ve never seen the video for ‘Montero’?  We’ll address that hole in your education later.”  - (chapter 29, page 285)

Truly such an iconic couple.  I liked how Will listens to True-Crime podcasts and brought a battery-powered sunlamp to Tartarus.  I liked how Nico still has his zombie chauffeur (Jules-Albert) and hates being called cute.

I loved how their relationship was written.  They had such a healthy relationship where it showed them in the good and bad moments, understanding each other and doing better when they messed up.  They are soulmates, your honor.  Their dynamic was perfect, both being nerds in their own way.  Will overpacking to the underworld (which to be fair some of it was necessary) but then chose to wear shorts there—all the while Nico packed literally nothing but his sword.

Their flirting was absolutely just—chef’s kisses to all of those lines.  The sarcastic comments they made were so cute.  And, of course, Nico giving Will so many pet names like: Night Light, My Little Care Bear, and My little sun-therapy globe, was also worth mentioning.

Bob and Small Bob were so wholesome and I am so happy with how things worked out for them.  And just how appreciative he was of Nico and Will and the friendships between them.

I’d also like to point out how dam adorable and wholesome it was to read that Nico is a hugger.  Like he hugged his dad, Chiron, and Mr. D and I can’t get over how happy I am about this.  It was so very heartwarming.

Lastly, Hades is hands down the best godly parent and I will die on this hill.  Not only does Hades care for Nico unlike most of the gods, but he literally got choked up saying that he was proud of Nico and I am still crying about this.  

Even Persephone cared for Nico, whereas most goddesses in her position (like Hera…) would try to kill the kid because it was just a reminder their husband cheated, and while Persephone hadn’t always felt that way about Nico she got to know him and changed her opinion of him.  Even telling Will that he and Nico make a fine couple.

In summary, I have so much more I could say about this book, and have so many quotes I want to rave about.  I'll wrap it up by saying, I absolutely loved this book with all of my heart and will never be shutting up about it any time soon.

(Switching, Third Person POV)

Rep: Gay MC, Bisexual MC, PTSD, Mental Health, POC SCs, LGBTQIA+ SCs 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Abandonment, War, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

trintrin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

GAHHHH SO WHOLESOME T-T
Solangelo making you feel like you're third-wheeling them for 466 pages? Sign me up, please.

The lovey-dovey stuff apart, I love how much this book focuses on both Nico and Will (they're teenagers, mind you) struggling to find who they are while dealing with their trauma. Sure, I love their cute romantic moments, which is ABUNDANT, but I also love the fact that their relationship is not perfect - yes Nico doesn't open up and Will is a little close-minded, yes they get annoyed with each other, yes they fight, yes they talk and make up - and that's what makes it so beautiful. And I love how this book portrays the monsters in a different light.

wdym Geryon is a happy little gay boy in love now kjsdkjsdf it's beautiful

 

So did the writing and the general plot deserve five stars? Maybe not, but what can I say, I'm biased towards Nico and he more than deserves it. He finally healed, got some long-awaited closure with his family, has an amazing boyfriend,

and he's also a role-model to other campers??? and he gives advice to others suffering from trauma??? and he quite literally lives with his demons now???

my baby im so proud of him *wipes tears* they grow up so fasttt

TL;DR this is the cutest book I've ever read. It's quite cheesy, sure, but to quote Nico: 

'Lay it on me, Will. I'm your grilled cheese'
He stepped over a thorny rock, then squinted at Nico. 'I think your metaphor needs work', he said. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Eating disorder, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Outing

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts