Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Kosiarze by Neal Shusterman

99 reviews

3arth2kaye's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Car accident

bessadams's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

yyooh17's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was INSANE. I got double plot twisted ?!?! I did NOT pick up this book expecting a dystopia but I got it all the same. 

The extracts from the gleaning journals each chapter was a nice touch. The characters were also very impressive with their choices and reactions. 

The author who came up with the idea for this too O-O The whole concept of “splatting” was so stunning to me but… if there’s no pain or death then why not 🙈

Anyways I was very impressed by this book and would recommend it. 

My reasoning for not giving it as 5 was because I wasn’t really emotionally attached to a lot of the events / scenes and I felt like some of the characters actions/ events were not really justified or explained clearly enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Murder

zsometimesreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Self harm and Blood

rightwhrleftme's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective tense fast-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

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

phoebelilly's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Intriguing concept, couldn't predict what was going to happening next, a bit childish (lacked subtlety)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

Between the concepts of the Thunderhead, scythes, gleaning, and the Age of Mortality, this book gave me a lot to consider in terms of morality AND mortality. I guessed at a few resolutions before they came, but overall I was surprised throughout most of the book.

After being separated, Rowan and Citra developed different views of the Scythedom and how gleaning should be done, and I enjoyed their journeys to understanding the world and how to navigate it. Of course, they can never truly return to their normal lives after entering the Scythedom the way they were thrust into it,

and I am quite curious how tides will turn in the sequels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

tiffany8's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-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

Graphic: Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

Minor: Suicide

lindseyloser's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Self harm, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

With the warnings, they are tame situations, other than the blood and violence. It all pertains to the storyline and not terribly traumatic.