Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor

7 reviews

nopebook's review

challenging dark funny sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Sexual assault, and Self harm

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Ableism

Minor: Sexual content, Fatphobia, Cursing, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

ctatu's review

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

readingthroughthelists's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

My favorite Flannery thus far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Self harm

adaeze's review

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Violence, Self harm, Racism, and Murder

novelideea's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual content

petrichorandcoffee's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It's hard to rate this book. It is very dark, often intense, and none of the characters are likeable. It is well-written, compelling, truly original, and unpredictable. The book made me uncomfortable, yet I had trouble putting it down and when I read it I felt completely absorbed even though I did not like any of the characters. I feel like there is a lot of meaning and eeriness, faith and cynicism shimmering above the story the whole time. It feels like a Bible story but also it feels completely blasphemous. The ending is not what I expected and I'm not sure what to make of it yet - I will have to let it simmer. Also it uses the n-word (not as a main point of the story but it is still used) and there are racist remarks made by a character and I'm not sure if the reader is intended to see that as the character being a bad person or if the reader is expected to be okay with the remarks. I think (and hope) the former. I appreciate what O'Connor does with shifting perspectives/POVs throughout (but in a more subtle way than explicitly shifting a 1st person narrative POV as it is always 3rd person). I would recommend this book. It is very strange, and unpleasant, and made me think. It feels like it has something powerful inside of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Self harm

syntheticdinos's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent