Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

10 reviews

crimsonash606's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Child death, Sexual assault, Classism, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

mondovertigo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Stalking

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death, Murder, and Blood

alisonannk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child death, Abandonment, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Classism, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal death, and Death of parent

evieolive's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Brand new fave!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Stalking

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Colonisation, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

kenz_schae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism

paulacalvo's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide attempt

elderflower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Rape

more content warnings: sad ending

rafalovesreading's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I’m probably the weirdest person ever, but I read this in school and I LOVED IT. Literally my favourite book ever!!! The characters, although very annoying, were incredibly intriguing and truly made me have to think.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Sexism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Rape

lostinthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

It's been said by most reviewers but this book was heartbreaking. Not only because of the plight that Tess goes through but because nearly 200 years later women across the globe are still facing the same unfairness. 

Although I see this book mainly as an exploration of how women's actions are policed and judged, it still touches on other subjects such as poverty, industrialisation, and rural Britain's changing face in the 19th century. And as always, it includes Hardy's lush descriptions of landscapes, settings, and weather that he is unmatched for. 

Not a happy classic, but an important one nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism

debyik's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Not an uplifting book, but one that is true to life.

The main character has unpleasant things happen to her and now has to deal with the consequences of someone else's choice for the rest of her life.

This is a classic that teaches and entertains at the same time. There are some fun light-hearted chapters as well as the darker and sadder ones, but overall it showcases determination and survival. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Rape, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Grief