Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Chlorine by Jade Song

75 reviews

_sappho_wannabe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was so intense and horrifying in the perfect way. If you liked Our Wives Under the Sea you would like this.
Would be 5 stars if I could see myself rereading but I don’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Body shaming, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Gore, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

adhesivedolphin's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

Holy. Shit. I was recommended this book and it's one of the most intense things I've ever read. I wanted to share it with some friends, but this is one of those books that is tailor-made for a specific kind of person. I was lucky enough to be one of those people. I feel like some of the themes of Sorrowland are also at play here. I felt so strongly for Ren and Cathy through the story. This is one of those stories that's hard to talk about without spoiling it. So if you're into sapphic, body and psychological horror and feminist themes, read this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Body horror, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual violence, Body shaming, and Sexual assault

ajiinaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Body horror

Moderate: Eating disorder and Child abuse

Minor: Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

foresturken's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Body horror, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Self harm

courtney_scott1025's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.25

I loved this book, and I tore through it. Read content warnings!! What an interesting debut novel. I loved the writing. I usually don’t care for high school stories, but this one worked so well. God it was fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Body horror, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

alaris's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

If you're fine with body horror and self harm and tales of obsession, this is... still really dark. Interesting idea, uneven approach to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Body horror, and Toxic relationship

joensign's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical content, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

the narrative wasn't cohesive, the writing wasn't my favorite, and the dialogue felt unnatural. i think i wanted more of a revenge story but we didn't really get that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Pedophilia, Gore, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical content, Sexual content, Abandonment, Classism, Racism, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Abortion

aliclare's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

Magical realism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Gore, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

catandherbooks's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Do you know that feeling when you know (or should know) that something is coming yet you're utterly surprised when it does? That's sort of what reading this book feels like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Body horror

Moderate: Blood