Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

9 reviews

jessereadsthings's review

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Kidnapping, Death, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

leah_alexandra's review

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

All the stories are good, and most left me wanting more, but it's the titular novella that really stuns. Such an impact in a small package. Everything is well-crafted, no detail feels out-of-place or superfluous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Suicide

cheye13's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-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? No

4.0

This is one of the best collections I have read in a while and definitely one of the best books I've read this year. I bumped a star because some passages were a bit too rambly for me to follow and I think the more subtle messages went over my head but, boy, were they all beautiful (if painful) to read.

★★★★★|Why Won't Women Just Say What They Want; Anything Could Disappear; The Office of Historical Corrections
★★★★|Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain; Boys Go To Jupiter
★★★|Happily Ever After; Alcatraz

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cancer, Confinement, Suicide, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

All content is handled conscientiously and with intention.

emily_koopmann's review

challenging emotional informative reflective tense

• Loveable characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Hate crime

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Sexism, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

leighannebfd3b's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide

honeyhistory103's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This is a beautifully written collection. The stories are reflective and thought-provoking, and have an emotion to them that laces itself between each carefully chosen word. The close dealing with race and womanhood, and often the intersection of those things, makes it feel intimately familiar, as if the characters in the stories are people that live just down the block. Evans writes characters that are painfully realistic, neither all good nor all bad, but simply human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Suicide, Grief, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, and Hate crime

Moderate: Violence and Car accident

Minor: Mass/school shootings

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

- Every single story in this collection feels like it could be its own novel, and yet somehow I am not left wanting more from any of them - they are all perfectly self-contained.
- Some feel ripped from modern headlines (Boys Go to Jupiter) and some are steeped in family history (Alcatraz) but every one feels populated with real people and real history.
- And when everyone tells you the novella that closes this book is phenomenal, everyone is right - holy cats, wow! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

marbelousreads's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow. If you think you don’t like Short Stories read this book and then reevaluate. Evans is a master!

One note and the reason I can’t give this book 5 stars for myself is I don’t love the use of Suicide as a plot twist. As someone who lost someone to suicide the first story felt like a punch to the gut and not in a good way. If I had known or there had been a trigger warning I would have skipped that story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

wai's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Cancer, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Gun violence, and Cursing

Minor: Slavery