Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Cut by Patricia McCormick

29 reviews

novelsandnature's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Self harm

avery31415's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Self harm

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

itssky17's review against another edition

3.0

Definitely don't read if you have any thoughts of suicide or self harm. Although it's a book about getting better, it can definitely make you worse if not careful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

girl_interrupted's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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 Eating disorder

rayne_1906's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

1.75

1 hour 12 minutes - I didn't think this was a very good representation of self-harm at all. It presented everything as too cut and dry, 'oh this is why you started', etc. The main character had no personality at all, and while I understand that to a certain degree, that's the idea - to show how mental illness can break you until you can become a shell of a person, it just made the character seem lazily written and hard to emphasise with. I wish characters like Amanda had been expanded upon, it would have made the story a bit more interesting to engage with. The ending of the story seemed very forced as well - it was 'dramatic' (not really) for the sake of it, just to provide an end for the story. I think it would have perhaps been better to have just ended the way it began, with very little plot or direction, as then this would have perhaps been seen as intentional rather than empty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Self harm

Moderate: Drug use, Vomit, Medical content, and Chronic illness

readingmusubis's review against another edition

dark sad

0.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

niksasali's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Eating disorder, Vomit, Mental illness, Addiction, Blood, and Chronic illness

jennyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

This book deals with some really important issues, and that’s a good thing about it for sure. I didn’t particularly enjoy reading it, but I’m glad that this book exists and I think it can be a really helpful resource for those wanting to know more about why people self-harm, or perhaps to feel less alone in their recovery. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

mushroom5118's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A beautiful journey of a young girl and her struggles with mental illness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide