Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham

29 reviews

ohnoitscoco's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Self harm

missdaniellexo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Self harm

gabography's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

wow, what a read. for the first time in years, i finished this book in 36 hours. it was that engrossing to me. 
what an honestly bonkers concept turned out to be such a dark, fast paced, and surprisingly moving story written in a lovely prose that i can only imagine comes from the very stories that inspired the ensemble of not-so-cuddly creatures (some reviews did not care for that and some even called it pretentious, but i see what the author was going for and i loved it).
truly the only reason why this book doesn't earn a perfect five is due to the human characters, except for the one girl in the group named caroline who i liked a lot. to keep it as spoiler-free as possible because this book should be read blind, i found the main character to be the male equivalent of a mary sue at times, in the sense that you can tell he was the apple of the author's eye and had to be the most specialest lil guy of all the guys in the story, which felt a bit :/ as the story went on. while he was interesting and you feel for him, it all lining up the way it did just made me wish there was more there than just something that felt very "ope, he was special the whole time! surprise everyone!" like... okay. his male friend was also very one-note, left to be nothing more than the bumbling himbo sidekick who makes the main character look ever so clever and special in comparison.  if not for his bravery and care for caroline and their relationship tugging at my heart, i would not care for him at all. 
other than that, the world, the animal characters and their plight, the theme of trauma and loss and grief, all of it made for such a unique story that i know is going to stay with me. peter rabbit and friends are already looking a little more suspicious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

kayteslibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Self harm, Animal cruelty, and Murder

ilaxaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Colonisation, Gun violence, Self harm, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

rivercat0338's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The author's prose style is a lot. The story is worth pushing through if you can, however. 

I wish the owls' part was explained better, and how Gene fits in. There's no way he doesn't have some idea of what was going on if

people you take out to a "deserted" island routinely vanish

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Colonisation, Genocide, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Classism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Self harm, and Torture

ocean_in_a_teardrop's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

Flackwell and Runny were lovers and you cannot change my mind on that.

Overall, I loved this book! Even though there were sentences and phrases were hard to understand at times due to their wording, some questions left unanswered that I would have loved answers for, as well as the ability of characters both human and animal to survive the seemingly impossible after graphic injuries that should've killed them, the rest of this book absolutely makes up for these failings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Gore

ssummar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, and Racism

kathijo63's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

This is a difficult book to review.  It's not what I was expecting. I follow the author on social media and he is quite funny!  I knew the book wasn't a comedy but I was sort of expecting that to come through somehow.  The book is part fairy tale, part fantasy (talking animals), part horror, but also draws parallels to the treatment in the US of indigenous peoples.  I was enchanted, horrified, and ultimately felt deep sympathy for the residents of Addington Isle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Torture

Moderate: Slavery

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Confinement, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Stalking, Animal death, Self harm, and Violence