Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

17 reviews

reb_elmer's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and War

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide, Antisemitism, and Sexism

alliebebbs9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, War, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Abandonment, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Child death, and Vomit

Minor: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Bullying

atlasobi'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? N/A

4.25

an emotional yet hopeful coming of age story set in a rural british town during the second world war. a story of finding friends, finding family, losing hope and then finding it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death, Child abuse, and War

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide

luxxltyd's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing 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: Child abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Antisemitism and Suicide

salem0's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

putting this review out there after my reread last year- this is genuinely one of the most memorable books i've ever read. i picked it up one day mistaking it for another book, starting reading it, and liked it quite a bit. i think it's just very heartwarming overall - one of the most incredible books i've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Antisemitism, Suicide, and War

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, War, Confinement, and Death

Minor: Medical content, Abandonment, Mental illness, Death of parent, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

bronzestars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical trauma

Moderate: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide, Bullying, and Death of parent

your_true_shelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

A heartwarming book with gorgeous relationships and making us think about the power of a slow, peaceful, country life.  A special book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, War, and Grief

Minor: Suicide

aa_capybara's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: War, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide

snazzysie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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

5.0

This book tells the story of a young boy who is evacuated from war-torn London to the country, where he lives with a kind old man. The boy grows a lot living with him, from learning how to paint and write to making new friends and building his strength after having been neglected and abused by his mother. When his mother asks him to return to London, he realises how much he has developed under Mister Tom's loving care. At times, the story was comfortably slow, as Willie got used to country life, but the sadder events seemed to come quickly, and although these moments were emotional, it was beautiful to see how Tom became a father to Will, and how Will grew to be a healthy, happy young man.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicide, and War