Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Ein wenig Leben by Hanya Yanagihara

4802 reviews

famungo07's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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siempre habrá opiniones contrarias para este libro, pero es hermosamente doloroso, tiene temas tan profundo y reales que te destruyen, jamás creí que un libro así me haría sentir que no puedo dejar solo al personaje 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

neesh_'s review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Vomit

kat_35priov's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

atalea's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Dementia, Stalking, Outing

aroberts714's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical trauma

glopez14's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt

hasmith's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book broke my heart. I struggled with deciding how I felt about it while I was reading it, but now that I’ve reached the conclusion I know. This book was graphic. It had graphic depictions of self harm among other things. I advise  sensitive readers take a good look at trigger warnings for this book.

This book broke my heart. For its ending. Such a graphic yet real and grounded depiction of friendship and love and life. At the things that make us who we are. At the way our friend’s visions of us impact our world and our path. It has brought my love for my friends to my focus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt

abhainnconnx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

annahe's review against another edition

3.75

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Long buildup - Some chapters were almost 100 pages, and as someone who likes to finish a chapter before putting a book down, that made it feel very long. However, I can see why it was worth it, as it makes the last 100 pages even more intense. The book is heartbreaking (I often thought it was a bit too sad, but in the end that did feel like a necessary buildup), and beautifully written. The last 100 pages made me debate giving it a 4.5, but because of the really long chapters I did find picking up the book more dreading than usual (and since it is 750 pages I feel like I should not ignore that :))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

sofiaprik's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail