Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Black Knight by Rina Kent

58 reviews

nineinchnails's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

was actually torture trying to finish this LIKE

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Self harm

musical00329's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Vomit, Suicide, Alcohol, and Addiction

sillysally123's review against another edition

2.0

This book was just fucking weird.

theyre is some EXTREME topics in this book so just look up TWs . The fact that they slept together even though he thought that they were siblings is just DISGUSTING AND WEIRD.I fucking hated the Mcs mom in this.Wouldnt recommend tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

depressedbiitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I wish I could rate it more than 5 I abso-fuckingg-loutly loved every single minute reading this book . I was a crying mess the whole time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Suicide attempt

poppy_ascher's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

You would think by book 4 in this series I would have gotten over Kent’s desire to protect their readers. Nope. Not at all. However, I will say it was appreciated in this particular book because this book is emotionally intense, particularly if you have a personal history with severe mental illness that includes suicidal ideation, self harm and eating disorders. Extra warning if you were an individual who experiences these things whilst also having to live with a real shitty mother. 

Again, there was that reiteration of the fact this series is a bully romance but less in your face, or buried among Kimberly’s mental illnesses and Xavier’s addiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

anouverlinden_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed this book way more than the original trilogy. For one, Xander is not as problematic as Aiden and it was so refreshing to read. 

This book is about Kimberly, Elsa's friend, and Xander, a friend of Aiden. I must say this book has a lot more depth than the previous ones because Kimberly actually has a personality (compared to Elsa) and we get to see all of that. 
I will say, check the trigger warnings because this book is a lot (the author also metnions it in the beginning, so be sure you can read this).

I liked the romance between Xander and Kimberly (the banter they had was just good, a little problematic sometimes but not too much). Everything was going well until suddenly a "plot twits" arrived.

Why was it a good idea to put the sibling trope in here? These are not Jace and Clary? And even then, it didn't even have an impact on the story because they only talked about it for some good 5 pages and it turned out that they were not even related in the slightest bit. It didn't stop them from loving each other. It was not fun to read that part but okay.

The end was really dissapointing for me (especially the epilogues, they just don't add any satisfaction to the story or the couple).

again with the marriage and pregnancy, like they're what? 23 or something? Let them have a life, who wants to read about this marriage and carrying a child? Not me. I came for the smut not a baby (at young age).

This book is definitely better than the first trilogy but it still had me dissapointed overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Incest

syirahfaez's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

honeyitsbee's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Self harm, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse