Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L. Woods

23 reviews

shan_lou's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Misogyny, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Someone said this book is what you would get if you told an AI to write a fantasy romance, and that’s about all I can say. It’s certainly not very good, the dialogue is cringey and unnatural and there’s zero character development. There just… no depth. But I didn’t HATE it. And now I have to read the sequel *sigh* 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Toxic relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, and War

sophia555's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.5

Gross, abuse in Estrella's childhood is repeated by Caelum, who gives nonce vibes, calling her "little one", feeding her, treating her like a child. He pushes her boundaries, consent is shakey and not able be be withdrawn. 
Her fierce independence and hate of life being controlled by men all disappears when she becomes involved with him.
Plot was slow and the reveal was obvious. 
This book made me very angry but I will be reading the second.
Do not recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Violence

chaotic_hyperactive's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Blood, Murder, Gore, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Grief, and Torture

ali_k0's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Classism, Death, and Sexism

Moderate: Death of parent

Lord of her village sexually harrasses, it's described in the early page (he does NOT rape her, does grope her) love interest does not harm her

jadehusdanhicks's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

2.5

Not going to lie I struggled with this book.  The general fae story line was amazing and if it was that alone I’m sure I’d probably continue the series. 

Unfortunately it contains very consistent weird sexual content with a male MC calling the female one little one which didn’t sit right with me.  
Additionally it deals with grooming, suicide, murder and SA.  

Overall I was left disturbed especially by the graphic sex because of the phrasing and the uncomfortable nickname used.  I wouldn’t reccomend personally.  
And I’m not against spice in books.  But this was just horrid to read 

Also. Despite this book seemingly being set in an old dystopia landscape it kept bringing up modern clothing like leggings.  Which just seemed so seperate and disconnected from what I understood to be the setting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Cursing, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

cassie12_21's review

adventurous 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Death, Abandonment, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Gore, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

bakunzi1990's review

adventurous dark fast-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? Yes

3.5

Well... that was one of the most intense books I've ever read. Still not sure if I like it...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and War

kingrosereads's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

3.25

Look. Was it good? Not really. Will I be reading the sequel? Absolutely. This is the kind of trash reading I really enjoy. If you like ACOTAR or FBAA, this definitely has borrowed themes and characters and plots from them, but very loosely developed. I do like the concept of the Veil and human mates. Caelum is an acquired taste for sure but I enjoy the bantering between him and Estrella. Not a fan of the “little one” nickname. “My star” is fine and very endearing but “little one” is so cringe. “Little” anything is barf. I didn’t like how he became super possessive towards the end especially since Estrella has always been at the mercy of other men and not having any choice in life. This book feels more like the base of a story that you go back and actually develop upon. It’s basically the skeleton of a good story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Gore, Blood, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pedophilia and Stalking

lilithreads's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt, War, and Suicide