Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian by E.L. James

4 reviews

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Hm. I just. I’m not sure it’s necessary for this to exist. It’s not different enough from the first book and doesn’t add very much, the only reason this gets bumped from 2 stars to 3stars is for the last few chapters where Christian’s POV is actually insightful. In reality this is just written for the die hard fans who wanted more but EL James didn’t have any more in their brain to continue to the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Self harm, Cursing, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

planetshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Self harm

Minor: Rape, Homophobia, Stalking, and Torture

kaetheluise_nckl's review

dark 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? Yes

This was worse than the one from Ana’s POV. Christian Grey is one pathetic man, ngl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Child abuse, Self harm, and Death of parent

whrohala's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.75

This was... tough. Thankfully I was well aware going into it that that would be the case. I've read it before, but it's been several years and I have a vastly different understanding of the world now than I did when this first came out. 

The writing is fine. Not the worst, but certainly reads like many of the fanfics I've read. Makes sense since this was a twilight fanfic. 

The way that Christian is written is hard to work through. Very juvenile way of thinking - which makes sense if you think about it psychologically, but its pretty clear that that wasn't entirely the motivation for his behaviors and mind set. Definitely reads more as a bastardization of BDSM and the motivations and culture behind it. 

For the most part I actually really like the way that Anastasia is written. Funny, strong-willed, and true to herself. While still being a believability curious but inexperienced participant in this relationship dynamic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt