Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

151 reviews

biscuitgale's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.75

Wow, what an unexpected journey in navigating grief and finding unexpected care from unexpected places! The characters are well developed and have very realistic pain and motivations. I did guess the twist in the story somewhat earlier on, but the story also reveals it to us pretty quickly. Despite the there being tension, this book wasn’t stressful to read. I do have issues with how adamant the book is on blood relationships over found family, but I did enjoy the story overall.

By far my favorite character is Marcellus the Octopus. My least favorite is Cameron; although we do see growth he blames everyone and everything else instead of looking at his own actions.

The way he behaves can’t entirely be chalked up to not having parental figures, at some point he needs to take accountability for his actions but never does. Quite frustrating!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Suicide

Minor: Drug abuse and Addiction

sdvora's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt and Addiction

teetasse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Grief

mattiekc's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This book is so good. Easily one of the best books I’ve read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt

m_maria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The book's action unfolds slowly but leads to quite unexpected events. I loved octopus'es diary entries as a part of the narration.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Death

alastaire's review

dark emotional hopeful 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? No

3.75

Very heavy, death focused. 
I loved each of the characters but thought the general message of the book was a bit off. More info on that in spoiler:

I thought they were setting up a found family story but then it didn't matter to the characters (as in they didn't form a closer familial type bond with each other) until they discovered that they were actually related by blood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, Addiction, and Cancer

Minor: Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

moond4ncer's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Suicide

palejandro's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Drug abuse

meghanm404's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

agnela's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

At first it didn't make sense why are we following these exact people, later it clicked.
I was not a fan of humanized octopus sherlok-holming his way into people's lives. I would rather read a nonfiction about these amazing creatures than them being given thoughts and words.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Suicide attempt, Addiction, and Death of parent