Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

6 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Meg, you owe me for emotional damages! You owe me for something! My time back! I am owed!!!

Sick and twisted! But the book isn't bad. The best part is the creative writing. Extremely, vividly, wildly creative. 

This should be a lesson to all parents: if you're a bad enough parent your family tree might end up looking like a diamond!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Incest, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Blood, Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Police brutality, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, Child death, Confinement, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, and Drug use

Minor: Abandonment, Transphobia, Abortion, and Racism

the_other_yvonne's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Incest, Medical trauma, Rape, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

ann17young's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

It’s weird, wonderful, and gruesome. The bonds of family and blood are blur under the light of a freak show where normal and weird are just words used by those who fear what is different. I have not been so captivated by a book in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Incest, Rape, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Alcohol

badgersaurus's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Read this if you want to fuck up your whole entire week god damn. I want to peel my skin off. This is a compliment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Abortion, Self harm, Body horror, Incest, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Stalking, Ableism, Murder, Animal death, and Rape

why is there no option for necrophilia on here … anyway that happens too

margotblue's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Murder and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Self harm, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

maekay's review

challenging dark sad

2.0

Bordered on torture porn, not sure why I finished this. Little baffled this won an award.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence