Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

7 reviews

blueberryqueen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Suicide attempt

ecravens's review

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Alcohol, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Panic attacks/disorders

janalg's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I don't know what possessed me to pick up this book in the first place..

This has very simple but pleasant writing and so many important things to tell but fumbles it so, oh so hard.
If I was still a suicidal teenager I would read this a couple more times in hopes of cringing myself to death.
Then again, my teenage self would probably have fallen for this mess of a story.

Props for processing your trauma in this (arguably) healthy way, but the "you just need the right person" bullshit is fucking infuriating to me. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Self harm, Bullying, and Alcohol

rdris's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Minor: Violence and Bullying

literally_mint's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

katbookstars7's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Bullying

roseamillerg's review

challenging dark emotional 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, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization