Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Dom sióstr marnotrawnych by Krystal Sutherland

69 reviews

aliclare's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual violence

willowmae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicide

cyan_altaria's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

4.75

House of Hollow is absolutely enchanting and it feels like reading a modern day, dark fairytale.  One annoyance is how Grey's bf (can't remember his name), is so annoying, and yet the book expects us to be really sad at

his death.  Granted, being flayed is a horribly unpleasant way to go, and he was nicer to Iris at the end, but still

.  Other than that, this book is a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Medical content, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual violence

mommarex1221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, and Self harm

Minor: Stalking

olivia164's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Self harm

kelseydaffodil's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Mental illness

sadiefc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Stalking, and Vomit

li_reading's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicide

elwirax's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.0

Trigger Warnings: body horror, disordered eating, suicide, sexual harrasment and assault, self harm, death and grief


This is exactly the type of books I absolutely adore: atmospheric, dark, magical/ fairytale-esque and horror. Therefore, it came to me as a surprise when "House of Hollow" didn't become a favourite.



PROS:
Imagery was intricate and dark in the most beautiful way. This made for a very engaging atmosphere. 

Loved the body horror, it made the whole novel that much more twisted. 

Good depiction of sister dynamics and close relationship (that are albeit rather toxic at times though) 

Great overall concept and worldbuilding.


CONS: 

Relied heavily on repetition especially  regarding the body horror aspect, slightly negated from the impact. 

Too much emphasis on the beauty aspect and it's your bog standard white and skinny type. Also the protagonists would binge eat and never feel full, hence the trigger warning for disordered eating. 

I wanted more POC. While we do get a great Asian character most of the other characters were just white. 

The mystery itself was quite basic and convenient at times. Plot twists and the ending were predictable and unsatisfactory. 

It was too long. I think it would've been more impactful as a novella or short story. 

It didn't sit right with me that Iris pined for and kissed a boy her sister loves. The attraction seemed forced and served no purpose. 

Vivi and Tyler were by far my favourite characters. I wish there was more from their perspective as truthfully I didn't like anyone else. Tyler deserved a better ending.

There seems to be something fundamental missing and I can't quite put my finger on it but it makes the book seem incomplete in a way.


I was expecting "House of Hollow" to be a 5 stars and although this didn't turn out to be the case I still thoroughly enjoyed it for the beautiful and dark Imagery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, and Gore

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Grief and Toxic relationship

crazycatgrrl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Trafficking