Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty by Amanda Filipacchi

8 reviews

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

asleepyreader's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pedophilia

mikaelawms's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

I couldn’t tell what was satire and what was supposed to be serious. All the dialogue felt clunky and unnatural 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Fatphobia

taylorleclere's review

I could not really get into the book! I was not pleased by the main character Barb and her chose

fat suit and the reason she wore it. I also did not like the constant attention on the fact she was wearing it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Suicide

sensationdereve's review

challenging funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

It’s best to go into this book completely blind. If you know too much about it going in, you’ll like it less. That said, the point is expressed in a simultaneously humorous and sad way, and maybe a bit trite. Overall, I don’t feel like I wasted my time reading it but I also haven’t really gained much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

maia_ep's review

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-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? Yes

3.75

i really liked this reflection on beauty and strong friendship and some of the passages really hit home in a big way for me (especially as someone who's life experiences mirror Lily's rather than Barb's)

filipacchi's satire was effective: barb was frustratingly ignorant and thoughtless at times, in contrast to lily's deep obsession and futile yearning and it just read extremely true to life while being so overwhelmingly big

i did feel like it was lacking some nuance on beauty standards and fatness in the mid-2010s. i was surprised to find out the book was published in 2015, i would have placed it 10 years earlier. it specifically ventures into some very heavy fatphobia at the beginning of the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Fatphobia and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pedophilia

carolinesterr's review

2.0

Interesting concept but a few things felt “off.” It was a social commentary on societal beauty standards, a murder mystery, and a romance all at once. Would have liked a bit more care in the language describing characters who don’t meet societal beauty standards, rather than “ugly” since a message of the book was that society has created a standard that harms everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Rape

ijbthom's review

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide