Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames

3 reviews

ezwolf's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

This is a spoiler but it’s the first thing I want to say which is; I am not a fan of open endings. To a certain degree I don’t mind them. But this just ends with the hope that they survive destroying the mine, only to then give us one last scene that maybe confirms they’re dead. I don’t know, I’m just not in to that ambiguousness. 

I read the audiobook so there’s a chance I’ll spell names wrong. 

I really enjoyed the friendship between Clem and Nina and then Lisey and Piper. It felt very real and genuine and I liked how they were all basically ride or die immediately. 

I do wish we’d gotten a bit more attention paid to Nina and Clem’s feelings for each other. There’s so little to it, it almost feels like it wouldn’t have changed anything to have it included or not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Medical content, Alcohol, and Sexism

lavenderviolin's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Suicide attempt, Child death, Self harm, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Suicide, and Death

peh27's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis