Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

7 reviews

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Murder, Gun violence, Death, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Suicide attempt

thewillowwood's review

adventurous reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Pulled this off my childhood bookshelf on a whim, read it in one sitting on the plane. Lovely writing and a good story. Definitely for a younger audience then me. I appreciate the darker tone and meaningful reflections that it provides at a level for younger audience, something that can be lacking in middle grade (I loved this kind of stuff at that age). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

ekg's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Death, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

samugranjo's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Death

Minor: Animal death and Suicide attempt

Grooming, not very explicitly but the idea was there still

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Minor: Death and Kidnapping

dee_dreams's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

The plot is thin but it was fun entertainment for a boring and hot afternoon, right before the wheel turns over to August. A nice palate cleanser between heavier reads too.

Having a 17 year old promise a future relationship with a 10 year old was… a choice. Stories about immortal characters always annoy me because, while age does affect brain chemistry, I feel like the accumulation of life experiences are what grant people maturity, so presumably a boy who’s been “17” for eighty years has taken all the opportunities he can to do what 17 year old boys like to do. Why would he be interested in holding out for a 10 year old if he’s likely fallen in love a bunch of times before? Well, I should get my mind out of the gutter, questions like this likely swoosh by the target audience’s heads, and as a kid I probably would have swooned over this “romance” for better or for worse.

Apparently some people really dislike the ending (

probably because they were really holding out for that eternal romance - I like how Babbitt stressed “if she decided”

), but I found it fun and endearing. My copy included an interview with Babbitt and she talked about how she originally wanted to be an illustrator instead of a writer - I can certainly see she has a way of painting her words, and it’s easy to picture Rackham-like illustrations accompanying her writing.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Suicide attempt

Weird quasi-romantic subplot between characters with a large age difference. The premise is kind of creepy, but nothing serious happens, it’s a children’s book.