Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Brave Face: A Memoir by Shaun David Hutchinson

19 reviews

clarekistler16's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Mental illness

davidbythebay's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I'm crying. This was incredibly moving. An unflinching and unapologetic memoir of growing up gay, facing depression, and coming of age, this is an amazing look at the author's life. It should be mandatory reading if only for the discussions of mental health, but also for those about sexual identity and orientation. Absolutely fabulous. This is the third SDH book I've read this year and I've loved them all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

faheylover's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

Literally the best book I've read so far this year. I 100% will be reading more from him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual harassment

skullotonin's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

megannoelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Outing, and Panic attacks/disorders

aaapeas's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault and Self harm

froginhat's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Religious bigotry

chaotic_abi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was a pretty hard read, so definitely heed the content warning. Personally, I struggled to relate to many of the situations in the book because I grew up in a completely different time and way from Hutchinson. I liked that he acknowledged both his thoughts at the time and how he has learned and grown since then. The feelings he wrote into the book were so raw and powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

gabrielab's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Medical content and Vomit

Minor: Drug use