Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks

16 reviews

gavinneedham's review against another edition

dark medium-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

1.75

Don’t read this book, it is not good. This is 200 pages of conservative puritanical backlash to the hippies. How they ever got away with marketing this as nonfiction I don’t know. The plot is so badly devised and unrealistic. The narrator is one of the most annoying in fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Fatphobia, Drug use, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Homophobia, Ableism, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Read at your own risk. Problematic in every sense of the word.

jademolenaar's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I think this book has been great to read, especially since the 'book' was written by a 15-year-old. It gave me an insight in her life, the good and the bad. It is, however, highly unlikely I will reread this book. This girl is not a writer, so if you want to read a beautiful written, dark story I would advice to skip this one.

TW: problems with food, drugs (ofcourse), rape, death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Grief

gossipgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

just found out this is fake 😭 and written by some mormon woman but still it touched me i guess but im lowering my rating now that ik its propaganda 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Trafficking

orangezest's review

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Rape

beebbyx's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Self harm, and Drug abuse

evie19's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Self harm