Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Crossed by Emily McIntire

37 reviews

han_olenik's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Blood, Classism, Abandonment, Sexual content, Misogyny, Ableism, and Sexual assault

ashpau's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Rape

kitsunasaur's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Bullying, Violence, Sexual violence, Blood, Sexual content, Stalking, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Abandonment, and Ableism

toxxicwasste's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

THE ENDING. especially the extended epilogue. 

SPOILERS
the trauma of religion is so real. The sex work is so real. The abusive relationships are so real. The ableism is so real. The ending made me choke up a little. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Bullying, Death, Self harm, and Trafficking

Moderate: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Death of parent, Addiction, and Blood

gamerreaper13's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Bullying, Ableism, Rape, and Self harm

lovelillie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

emily never disappoints 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Violence, Sexual content, Death, Bullying, Ableism, Blood, Self harm, and Rape

kiwij96's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Do you ever just read something and think "why did I do that to myself?" This was that for me. I loved the author's previous books in this series, but this was honestly painful. The underlying plot was so much more promising than what the story was. I dully understand the concept behind this series, and the main characters being villains, so the story is supposed to be dark. But this was just horrifying.

The characters were 2D, the writing was often repetitive and clearly lacked proofreading with the amount of grammatical errors and repeated words, the way that Amaya's emotions were basically disregarded by everyone until the last 100 pages or so was honestly baffling to me even for a dark romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Ableism, Gore, Blood, Sexual content, Bullying, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Murder, Self harm, and Stalking

saltylemonsqueeze's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

0.75

That first chapter belonged in a different book. It tainted my view throughout and prevented men from really embracing the MMC as redeemed. I loved all the other books but this one just didn’t hit the mark for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Torture, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

This book isn’t for the weak. I am trying to have a soft girl year so this wasn’t for me. However, it’s for someone if they like an intense infatuation that somehow magically is safe from the law

alaria_eliza's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Self harm

_distracted_by_books_'s review against another edition

This book was just too much for me. It includes too much about religion and it is just too dark for me. Murder, self harm, the bad characters have no redeeming qualities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault