Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

15 reviews

luna_is_superior's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

This book provides a great take on colonialism and its effect and has abundance of representation - especially in terms of gender identity. Overall a great book with excellent world building and memorable characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Racism, Blood, Genocide, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Grief, Torture, Vomit, Abandonment, Slavery, Rape, Child death, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

sssssoup's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Dysphoria, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and War

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Colonisation, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Child death, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

aboveaveragegeek's review

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Slavery, Murder, Blood, and Alcoholism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

claredragonfly's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Slavery, Torture, and Homophobia

Minor: Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Xenophobia