Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh

46 reviews

kerishma's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child death, and Self harm

al_davies_jones's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Vomit, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

jessicagloe's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

laurenw22's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

rheagoveas's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, and Self harm

kycerae's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

danpeachey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Miscarriage, Child death, and Self harm

schorlett's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Incest, Death of parent, Self harm, Violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

jcapati's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Child abuse

Moderate: Incest, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Blood

amy_park's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

4.5

This book is a short feminist dystopian that slow burns. Incredibly eeiry and claustrophobic, I thought overall  it was really good. Going in I was cautious as I didn't enjoy 'Cursed bread', my apprehension was short lived as I was compelled from the start. I enjoyed the writing style and the closed setting. The water and decaying imagery was great, added another creepy element to the novel. I did feel the pace was very slow in some places, which is surprising as its only a short book, although this was great and good for the book, it did make me a bit reluctant to pick it up at times. I would recommend and especially encourage people to read if they also didn't gel with Sophie Mackintosh's other novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Child death and Suicide