Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

3 reviews

reddeddy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Excrement, Abandonment, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Ableism

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Xenophobia, Murder, Confinement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Self harm, and Police brutality

jonsnowsmanbun's review

emotional informative fast-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

2.0

I bet Sia loves this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Ableism

Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm

lavalaempchen's review

This book is so full of ableism and just plane wrong. It hurts me to have read something like that and even spending money for it. 
The author neither did research, nor is he a good writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Toxic friendship