Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Gideon la Nona by Tamsyn Muir

85 reviews

miss_sunshine's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Self harm, Violence, and Vomit

mairallen1114's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-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? No

5.0

fucking superb. i read it twice back-to-back because of all the excellent foreshadowing. it's full of characters you will love and events you'll hate and when you finish you will be screaming to the sky because literally w h a t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Eating disorder, and Fire/Fire injury

buckle the fuck up homies, theres a lot of content warnings. graphic warnings will not be elaborated on because they are just broad themes of the book (it's about necromancy, you kind of sign up for this). child abuse listed for

the abhorrent treatment of gideon and harrowhark

. death of parent for

harrows shitty parents committing suicide, brought up a few times

. self harm listed because necromancers will sometimes pull their own organic material (hair, teeth, nails) to use for necromantic acts, not used in terms of mental illness or self punishment. brief cancer mention when MAJOR SPOILER

palamedes gives a character "turbo cancer"

. child death listed for MAJOR SPOILER

we learn harrow was born from the deaths of 200 ninth house children between ages 1-18, also Jeannemary and Isaac die and are only teenagers

. eating disorder listed because harrow does not eat as well and as often as she should, causing her to pass out and such. fire/fire injury listed for

when they discover pro's remains as well as someone else's in the incinerator

peach_pie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book had the most creative insults and one-liners. Also I had to look up so many of these big fancy words! It’s a real rollercoaster 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Bullying, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, and War

jmcordero's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Abandonment, Torture, Terminal illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Chronic illness, and Bullying

Minor: Sexual content, Xenophobia, Vomit, Self harm, and Grief

ezwolf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cursing

lkj2018's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, Vomit, and Child death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Genocide, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Medical content, and Cannibalism

valpuri's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Terminal illness, Murder, Medical content, Gore, Death of parent, Cursing, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

emakay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

If I could give this book more stars, I would

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Terminal illness, and Violence

illuminatedspace's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

5.0

Honestly one of the best books I've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, and Self harm