Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

A Neon Darkness by Lauren Shippen

8 reviews

sophiesmallhands's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Murder, Death, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Racism, and Drug abuse

theheartisanaro's review against another edition

challenging dark sad

3.0

This entire book screams "it's Damien's world and we're all just living in it". It was hard to get through and mostly unpleasant to read but I did find myself understanding Damien to some extent and feeling sympathetic towards him. The one thing I didn't like was the occasional switch between perspectives which felt choppy and didn't really add much to the overall plot. I also generally think Lauren Shippen is better at writing podcasts than books, but I'd still recommend this to anyone who likes The Bright Sessions or enjoys reading about an emo teen with no character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Vomit, Alcoholism, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, War, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt

marleen3843's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

the loninless, doubt and uncertainty is something I can very much relate too with Damien, but at the end I wanted to scream at him for his destructieve behaviour. The ending itself wasn't also pleasent, but I found it really nice to read those emails and letters at the end. It filled me with hope for Damian

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt

beccaand's review

dark tense medium-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

4.25

Such a fascinating look into Damien's backstory. Villain origin story? You love to see it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

lumberelk's review

dark tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Addiction

Minor: Vomit, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia

xoodlebooks's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Islamophobia, Addiction, Xenophobia, Stalking, Sexism, and Racism

heebeegbs's review

adventurous challenging sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Adored this book because it a challenging insight into an incredibly complicated character. The ending felt So right! The only thing I could have asked for was more action !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide attempt

piscero's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Violence, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Physical abuse and Suicide attempt