Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Mädchen in Scherben by Kathleen Glasgow

252 reviews

alyssagee11's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Blood, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt

charlieworm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

Charlie a nineteen year old has a messed up childhood. Her father died by jumping in a lake and her mother who loved her father dearly went insane and started beating Charlie as well as because of all this Charlie became secretive and reclusive to share her sadness with anyone. She was often bullied at school which made her develop habit of self harming. Self harm became her solace and after drawing these lines her pain went away for sometime. She started distracting herself by drawing and cutting up her skin. The story starts with Charlie being in a hospital where she is barely conscious. She wakes up in a dorm which not only looks depressing but is actually filled with survivors of self harm. It is a safe place but why did she end up there? Who was he who Charlie is afraid of? How did she find her way out of all the thoughts? Or does she end up repeating everything again?  Who were those people who helped her overcome hurdles and clear the dark cloud of confusion?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Gaslighting, Addiction, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Sexual violence, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

nela_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Drug use, Bullying, Self harm, Addiction, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

bekah_bamboo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Drug use, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Death, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

l3o7y's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Love how everyone seems to read this book in the psych ward

itsmilymilk's review against another edition

3.75

God this was heavy. I hated everything that happened in this book but I couldn’t stop. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Addiction, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Drug use, Grief, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence

dennyyy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

 this book left me speechless, I found myself in both Charlie and Blue,I was so attached to both the characters and the actual book.
it was my FIRST book that I couldn't put down in a long time, I had it everywhere with me.
it got me so broken.
I just finished it and I feel, I feel weird, I feel so numb.
everything was finished, with no unanswered questions at the end, no doubts, no plot twist to leave you in suspense.
I just felt empty, but not empty of feeling, just empty like you feel when you get attached to something, and then you don't have it anymore, that empty.
but I loved every page, chapter, author's note, everything.

the way Kathleen wrote everything made me realize that you know what,I am not the only one struggling, but there are hundreds, thousands, whatever, loads of people struggling. it just made me so happy to see that I can relate SO MUCH to other people as well.

I would give anything to read it for the first time again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Sexual content, Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Emotional abuse

autumnwhite's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Cursing, Physical abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, Rape, Self harm, Body horror, Gore, Suicide, Mental illness, Blood, Abandonment, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

msmolls's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Abandonment, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

elenaxcaitlin's review against another edition

Too mentally exhausting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Kidnapping, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Child death, Suicide attempt, Rape, Racism, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Torture, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexism, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol