Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

93 reviews

elliott_the_clementine's review

I am not in the headspace right now for this book. I may pick it up again later if that changes! Beautiful writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Transphobia, Self harm, Body horror, and Homophobia

pipsqueak_squid's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Rape

purplepenning's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Violence, Rape, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Body horror, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Classism, Animal death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Outing, Self harm, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Though it's a well-handled journey of healing, a main point of view character experiences significant trauma early in and deals with trauma recovery for much of the book.

sophmcgraw's review

Poor world-building, lack of characterization, graphic trauma before any character development, overall big flop

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

sissizc's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Animal death, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Self harm, Rape, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Vomit

tlkamp's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Rape

ammah's review

adventurous emotional 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: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Rape

egcdf's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual content, Blood, Animal death, Sexual violence, Rape, and Self harm

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

ccpprrjj's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

I could barely put this book down.  And, when I did, the only thing I wanted to do was pick it back up again.  It was so good!  The writing style and world-building were beautiful.  I loved the casual queerness in Tithena, and it was interesting how it contrasted with the restrictive heteronormative society in Ralia.  The big draw for me, though, was the characters. They were just fantastic.  Cae is such a sweet himbo.  Markel is amazing.  And then there's Velasin.  I absolutely adore him.  It was so cool to see his personality and character come out, which we didn't really get to see until a ways into the book, due to traumatic events at the beginning of it.  Velasin's healing journey was at times painful and sad, and at times hopeful and sweet.  So, yeah.  This was a really good book.  However, this was not a light, easy read.  There were some very dark and traumatic events that occurred, on page, so please look at the trigger warnings and read the author's note at the beginning of the book before reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Sexual assault

cranberriqueen's review

lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Self harm, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual violence