Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

23 reviews

emliza's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Murder, Death of parent, and Death

danni_chambers67's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

This to me was a very slow paced book. And I tend to prefer faced paced books so it isn't surprising that I got bored and disinterested half way through. The end however, did pick up the pace in my opinion so I really enjoyed the end.

The book is beautifully written and you can tell so much thought has gone into it. However, it jumps time very often and I personally found this confusing. I understand why this was done has it adds to the mystery element however, I personally just got confused and as a result didn't build any connection to majority of characters and then couldn't even remember who they where adding to me being more confused. This is more of a thing to do with me and some readers will certainly love it.

Basically, I was confused and couldn't remember half the characters or keep track of the plot. Again though many readers will love and find the writing style amazing. It just didn't suit me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicide

bencaroline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Murder, Infidelity, Child abuse, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Trafficking

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, and Animal cruelty