Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

28 reviews

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Misogyny

nicjmorrow's review

funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

A fun fairytale trope book with fun spins and also LGBT which is always good. This reminded me some of Indexing by Seanan McGuire which is a fav. I'll def go back to this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

craftysnailtail's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This is the first novella of Harrow's I've read and it was pretty enjoyable! Her style of writing here is quite different and much more casual compared to Ten Thousand Doors of January. 

The storyline was fun and Zinnia managed to draw me in as a fellow chronically ill woman. The disabled representation was well done, in my opinion. The grief, hope, and unfairness of it all felt realistic. 

As Harrow says, it's very much spider-verse meets fairytale (with an extremely feminist twist). Felt a bit like a well written fanfic, and the pop culture references weren't for me, but overall, it was the perfect length and vibe for a whimsical afternoon. I was satisfied with the ending and am looking forward to more novellas by her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Medical content, and Sexual assault

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Chronic illness, Confinement, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

ramakn22's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Confinement, and Sexual assault

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Chronic illness

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Violence, Classism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Ableism, Alcohol, Child death, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Death, Infertility, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Lesbophobia

ctara2123's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Blood

Minor: Violence

booksandstardust's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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: Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Death and Sexual assault

kelisabeth's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

ealunax's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Le livre est très court donc 22€ ça me fait très mal mdrrr
Le début était plutôt long et pas ce à quoi je m'attendais donc j'ai pas forcément accroché même s'il y a un côté drôle et décalé plutôt cool
J'adore les réécritures de contes

, et franchement, une belle au bois dormant féministe et lesbienne, que demande le peuple😎

C'est un roman vraiment léger, qui se lit super rapidement et je suis vraiment contente qu'on puisse évoquer dedans la question des droits LGBT, ou du féminisme
Je reste un peu sur ma faim à la fin du premier tome et j'espère qu'on retrouvera quand même Zinnia dans le tome 2 "Éclats miroitants", dans une saga de réécriture de contes un peu comme pour les chroniques lunaires
En tout cas j'ai hâte de découvrir le tome 2

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Content Warnings

Minor: Lesbophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Cursing, Homophobia, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts