Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

46 reviews

bugsoup's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this book was so sexy and perfect to feed my gothic desires of fall. i adored gibson’s writing throughout and fell in love with the characters. read this if you want a short but sweet queer vampire story with revenge on abusers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Dysphoria, and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm

aileron's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness and Infidelity

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Self harm

livfowler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, War, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

nova_lilias's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Interesting take on abusive relationships that I really enjoyed. The writing was beautiful. Very quick read. Not a fan of the polyamorous sex scenes; I could've done without the threesomes and foursomes, but it was part of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, War, Murder, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Self harm

Minor: Child abuse

neomreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I was not expecting this book to be so good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Blood, Sexual content, Self harm, Body horror, Vomit, Gaslighting, War, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault and Drug use

marsh_mall0w's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexual content

Minor: Self harm, Alcohol, Stalking, Medical trauma, and War

sproutedpages's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Self harm, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore

Moderate: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and War

Minor: Sexual assault and Drug use

ellenigrace's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

Did its job of being a vampire book, though not a horror novel, and didn't blow me away. The ending frustrated me

because I didn't love that after spending a whole book freeing themselves from a man, Constanta and Magdalena ended up semi-abandoning their new lives for a different man.

I also think that if you're going to say in the blurb that the book is about Dracula, you shouldn't break Dracula canon the one time you allude to that fact?

Even if we allow that he couldn't die in the way he does in Dracula, the fact that the women have to explain who the Harkers were to Alexi means that at that point Dracula only had two brides, not three like in Stoker's canon. A very nitpicky point but it pulled me out of the narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Blood, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Physical abuse, Confinement, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Self harm, and War

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: War

obsessor_of_books's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Violence, War, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship