Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Ich bin Harrow by Tamsyn Muir

287 reviews

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is a book you really need to read at least twice to appreciate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, War, Child death, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

Minor: Eating disorder, Infertility, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Cancer, Incest, and Abandonment

charleyyyyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Oh
Shit
Uh
Huh
Fuck
?????

That was so cool

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Death, Suicide, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Cursing

ebp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Self harm, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: War, Classism, Cannibalism, and Cursing

Minor: Cancer

waverleymoran's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Suicide

steph_weigle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Body horror, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Gore, Eating disorder, Infertility, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Confinement, Bullying, Cancer, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Violence, Vomit, and War

Minor: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Suicide attempt, Infertility, Animal death, Genocide, and Suicide

alica2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ough......this one was rougher to get through than Gideon the Ninth, and way more confusing LOLOL but when it all came together it was worth it. I also felt super satisfied in calling one of the main twists, and I LOVE a good use of second-person POV (it was cool when NK Jemisin did it in The Stone Sky and it was still cool here). Much more chilling and creepy than Gideon the Ninth, I felt tense almost the whole time what with

the stalkeresque threat to Harrow on the ship, iykyk

. I LOOOVED the soup scene, like

the way that I wasn't expecting it all, the way that I could practically FEEL Harrow's paranoia and deliriousness from lack of sleep, the way she used her own freaking bone marrow, like girl??????

. Huge content warnings for self harm and just poor mental health in general. Harrow's visions and psychosis were particularly triggering for me and rough to read...

I cried again when

Gideon's POV kicked in

because like eugh the yearning and loneliness and despair... Also I really loved Ianthe in this one, like I hate her but I love her LOLOL she's an amazing character and I want to study her under a microscope. Ending spoiler

I almost yelled out loud when she saved the emperor from the hell hole or whatever, like girl!!!!! We were all rooting for you and you fumbled it big time!!!!!!!

Also

John's whole deal in general...I got completely fucking taken in by him and kept making excuses for why he wouldn't help Harrow and then he just like. Of course ends up being evil!!! Because no one should ever live as long as he has!!! But it was terrifying to see how frank and unconcerned he was about everything during the final confrontation with his Lyctors...like damn top ten villains for sure

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

larbster90's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny medium-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? Yes

4.5

I never know what’s going on in these books but I enjoy them anyway

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, War, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Child death, and Terminal illness

lunarlibra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Love love love. I read through the night so I'm not very coherent rn but as much as I loved GtN, I LOVED HtN!! I plan to reread both before moving on to NtN and will update my review with more coherent thoughts, but one thing: I deeply appreciated the depiction of hallucination and different perceived realities, especially after reading the acknowledgements. Anyway. God what a great book

i love killing(???) God in fiction, even if it doesn't keep

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, War, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Eating disorder, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Murder, Racism, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Cancer, Gaslighting, and Child death

whichwayis_weston7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content

smax's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide