Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Crier's War by Nina Varela

13 reviews

kmart_ceo's review against another edition

4.75

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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LOVED THIS. If you are struggling to read it, please try to wait until the halfway point. It REALLY picks up from there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Classism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Blood, Death of parent

Minor: Gore, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury

fairyollie's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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what an amazing, wonderful, beautifully-written book! I can't believe this is a debut! my only qualm is that the romance seemed to happen a bit quickly

at least on Ayla's side; I found it unrealistic how quickly she fell for someone she's spent her life hating and dreaming of killing; someone who represents oppression and evil.

(though, I suppose we sapphics, especially with our first loves, do fall quickly!)

 however, I am so excited that this is a series, and the second I finished Crier's War I began to read Iron Heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Abandonment

piphux's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Infertility, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Alcohol

Discrimination and derogatory terms between in-universe factions. Self-injury for magical purposes.

lqvekanthony's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Grief, War

Minor: Self harm

galacticpal's review against another edition

4.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

lokiwii's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Self harm, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

charlereads's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I wish I had access to queer fantasy books like these at 16, it’s a little wistful to read at 25.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Self harm, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War

starccato's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol

k_aro's review against another edition

3.25

hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was good.... I definitely enjoyed the slow burn enemies to lovers, but I'm not sure if, as a whole, it'll be particularly memorable for me. Like, it was good, but not life-changingly good.

Crier and Ayla are... good? Characters? I'm definitely not categorically opposed to them but I don't think they're particularly compelling in and of themselves, they seem kind of standard.

It was pretty gripping, though. It took me a little bit to get into it but it was definitely exciting after that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Xenophobia

Moderate: Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, War

Minor: Infertility, Self harm, Death of parent, Alcohol

It's sort of hard to talk about the more social aspects of this book, given that it's between a fictional race and a real one, so when I say "cultural appropriation" I'm unsure whether it would realistically affect someone, given that it is largely the king appropriating human culture (such as, marital traditions).