Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Gerald's Game by Stephen King

20 reviews

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Body horror, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Stalking, Grief, Gore, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Misogyny, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexism, and Mental illness

tomaxhull's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Truly don't know what to say about this one except it was the most nauseous a book has ever made me feel so well done Steve. Devoured it in 3 days. Horrible content yet some beautiful moments of writing and gutwrenching honesty about the nastiest parts of humanity. Not only does it refuse to tastefully fade to black, the novel itself argues against the fade to black; the necessity to look at the thing head on instead. The ending twist was silly though, an editor needed to fight to cut that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Death

impalalibrary's review against another edition

0.25

What a horrible disgusting book. I wish books had trigger warnings in them because this one needs it for almost every single page.

I would quite literally have to put this book down sometimes because of how nauseous it could make me, so definitely not for people with a weak stomach.

I kept reading, hoping it would get better, but it only got worse..

Definitely not for me and please think twice before reading it yourself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, and Self harm

lolra's review

dark tense medium-paced

I'm not even joking when I say this book caused me to experience a vasovagal syncope episode.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

Minor: Cannibalism and Rape

gavinn_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This book was an absolute beast of a story. I burned through this book so quickly and it was difficult to put down, yet I didn’t want to keep going it was so disturbing. I shaved off a few points due to the sheer amount of incest in this book. I think that this could serve as a legitimate plot point, but in the case of this book it seemed to be purely shock factor. Despite this, the story was extremely well written and very addictive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Incest, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Rape, Gore, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

telenovela's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Self harm

Moderate: Confinement and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Animal death

queer_venus's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Literally made me feel physically sick

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Medical content

miiamack's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt

btrz7's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexism

amna_a's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence