Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Seagull (Dodo Press) by Anton Chekhov

12 reviews

ebrim's review against another edition

3.75

reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt

phoebe_meikle's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt

maxgb's review against another edition

2.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy

nerdkitten's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Grief, Alcohol, Classism

loyaultemelie's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This play reminded me quite a bit of the short stories of F Scott Fitzgerald, as well as his first novel This Side of Paradise. Though the plot is not at all similar, there is a similarity in the listlessness of the characters, the sense of being unfulfilled. I enjoyed this play more than I enjoyed Ivanov, and though I don't yet understand the subtlety of subtitling it "A Comedy", I hope that with rereads and watching a staged version I will better understand it.

That being said

I hope the good author does not make a habit of the main character shooting himself in every play or I will have to assume he knows no other way to end them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicide

sarareadingpiles's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts

esme_may's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol

andrea_h111's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt

rakkaussipsi's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt

cattheteawitchfairy's review against another edition

2.25

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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DISCLAIMER -  I read this text as a set text for university meaning I did not pick this up for myself. It does not fit my usual reading selection so my review may be rather biased.

The text was rather short, as most plays are, and quite interesting. It was my first interaction with Checkov and I found it enjoyable although it was a little difficult at times to understand what the moral/point of the text was. It is centered around the protagonist who develops throughout the play but he is not someone who you can easily connect to. The rest of the characters seem to interact and promote the development of character, nothing more.

Overall I found it at a somewhat enjoyable text to read, however I wouldn't say that if I was looking for a play to read for pleasure, that I would have picked it up myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury