Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

3645 reviews

seades's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I will never be the same after reading this book. I do not recommend anyone else read it. 5/5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Mental illness, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Abandonment, Self harm, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Ableism, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Trafficking

gharri97's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Self harm, and Rape

logans_library's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Self harm, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

addythebookbat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Mental illness

lunasea_dream's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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: Kidnapping, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Torture

saritachr's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Sexual violence, Self harm, Body horror, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail

shaynasiakimotu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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 violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, and Self harm

camomille_7's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Pedophilia, Rape, and Self harm

megmahoney1's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

My heart is in a million tiny pieces.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Violence, Confinement, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Vomit, Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Grief, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Blood, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Rape, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Stalking

sapphoxes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

As sad and traumatic as everyone says it is. Can ramble on at times, but not in a way that’s detrimental to the book. The kind of story where you’ll have to put it down and take breaks. It was described to me as an essential gay read, but I didn’t see it that way. 

The story, to me, was largely about abuse and how it can bleed out from what happens to one person throughout their life and into the lives of the people around them; how it can spread. Yes, I believe abuse to be a part of the queer community in a way that historically it is not in the straight community (speaking as a queer woman), but I do not think of abuse as the sole most important aspect of queerness or even queer history. This is all to say that yes, the characters are queer, and yes, abuse is prevalent,  but a story about queer people being abused does not automatically define it as a book about queerness. If anything, I found it to be more about the abuse of the disabled, be that mentally or physically, and how abuse in childhood will inevitably follow a person into not just their adult life but the lives of everyone they keep close. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Cursing, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, and Chronic illness

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