Reviews with content warning for Suicide attempt - Magma

I read this in one sitting, it was super quick and easy to read. I was so angry at all the double standards, like how he berates her for being "promiscuous" in her past but repeatedly cheats on her with other women. who's the real slut here? i hated how much she admires him, you can literally feel the delusion. like she thinks he's so brilliant because he reads and quotes famous philosophers, but he has been in university for 8 years with no degree to show for it. The worst thing is that she has both a motherly urge to protect and nurture him, while also striving to be "good enough" for him to finally commit to her. It means she will always be at his mercy and also never be able to hold him accountable for his actions.

also worth noting how useless the doctors are.

you see a woman coming in looking that fucked up and there's a man with her, and you don't ask the man to leave the room to ask her if she is ok??? you don't suspect that she might be being abused???

the ending was... yikes

how tf will a baby fix anything? you will be tied to this evil man forever and youre so traumatized you need to take a break and heal before doing something drastic like having a fucking baby wtf why was the baby considered her "way out of this darkness" I really hope this is just the author trusting the reader to understand this outcome is not a happy ending, its actually the worst case scenario and her life will only get worse

Content Warnings

vicivia's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Content Warnings

zdoublea's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

i liked the way the book portrayed the change over time in abusive relationships, especially from the main characters perspective - seeing her thoughts and outlook change/fluctuate rather than focusing on the "what happened" ex the exact dialogue. at the same time, i do wish we had seen a little more of the relationship, such as explaining why she even liked him in the first place?

i do also like what the author was doing, seeing it in snapshots, but i do think i might've liked it more if there was just more to each chapter, at least in the beginning? im not really sure, i liked parts of it but wished there was more sometimes.

i liked the way he was written, and i also like the way he was never named. there were a lot of interesting little details like that throughout the book that made it enjoyable even if it was a quick read.

i almost cried when the mom reacted w "my girl" to her suicide attempt.

the book makes it easy to really sympathize with her, esp later in the book, even if you do think many of her decisions are dumb. i don't think i liked the ending at all, though -

the addition of the pregnancy seemed really random (but also i think im also just a bit biased against pregnancy/children plot points, so i didn't like how the ending of this book hinges on it.

i don't know, i enjoyed reading it and i found a lot of the latter half really relatable

even if he also kinda disappeared from a lot of it after her attempt

, and i liked a lot of the stylistic choices, but it left me a bit unsatisfied in other ways.

Content Warnings

jesschaney's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

2.0

Content Warnings

More...