Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

My Annihilation by Fuminori Nakamura

6 reviews

biobeetle's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Rape, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Violence, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

pkatrinaanne's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death, Bullying, Mental illness, Suicide, Child death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

marukatie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

Despite reading other reviews, I found My Annihilation to be an extremely interesting written noir. I enjoyed how everything came together as you got further into the book and picked up on earlier themes which help you realize the different perspectives and how perverse the main character is. You get a semi-deep dive into a person psychology and they try to psychoanalysis themselves, and have you as the reader, rethinking everything you have just read, but you soon realize that is the whole point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

killianmgov's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I’ll probably put more later but this was a super interesting read, and it for sure got you asking questions about what makes one’s self, but tbh I could just be a lil too dumb for it because I felt very lost at points where I could tell I was having things explained/should have been more clear 


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i was really engaged the entire time while reading this book, but i'll be honest,,, i also really was confused during it,,,,, even when it was clear that some things were being explained for me. i'm happy to read books that do not have everything explained to you--whether that be in the conclusion of the story or throughout, severance by ling ma being an example of this and one of my all time faves--but either i was not quite smart enough for this book (LOL, but seriously) or it's just a personal thing for the stylistic choices in storytelling and narration.

i will say,,, the other thing i didn't love is that this felt really close to a book that just relies on gaslighting for the twist, and while this definitely wasn't quite that,,, i think with the added points from above I would land this at a 3/5 personally

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Stalking, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

hue's review against another edition

dark

1.0

The multiple POV with no clear view when it changed made an already muddled story even more hard to follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

kia_y_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Addiction, Vomit, Self harm, Medical content, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, and Child abuse