Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

4 reviews

susanatherly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Drug abuse, Violence, Torture, Sexual content, Child death, Sexism, and Cursing

Moderate: Gaslighting, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gun violence, Drug use, Torture, Suicide, Child death, Biphobia, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Outing, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Vomit, and Slavery

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Pregnancy, Outing, Self harm, and Vomit

caitlinbutcher's review against another edition

Insanely boring. Like oh my god. I got EIGHT HOURS into the audiobook and I was still SO bored. I could have read an entire book in the time it took me to learn that Gabe is a horny watered-down-vampire but vampire-killing legend who swears a fuck ton. I was on the fence about whether to continue with it or not when I looked up some goodreads reviews. I was feeling a little weird about the portrayal of women in this book but the goodreads reviews really cemented it for me. Apparently only the women in the story die horrific and graphic deaths. So yeah. I understand now why people hate this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexism, Self harm, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Addiction, Violence, Physical abuse, Animal death, Blood, and Drug abuse

beckybookish's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Death, Murder, Gore, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Self harm