Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson

3 reviews

anabookadventures's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I was really loving this at the beginning; the atmosphere and setting are top notch! But the S.A. content was a bit much for me, and that ending was absolutely trash for all this story was leading up to, so much more / better could have been done to wrap this up. I appreciate the themes, just think the execution could have been better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, and Gore

lv_'s review

dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book kept me turning the page but I was ultimately pretty disappointed with the ending. No follow through on what became of other characters and I think

Kyle appearing right at the end was just…unnecessary

. I think the premise was good and I still enjoyed it but it came up lacking. 

Another thing, there were a lot of words in the book used that felt like the author just pulled them out of a thesaurus. Took me out of the story every time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Self harm, and Stalking

jerichamacie's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I really enjoyed the first half of the book, but the ending really soured it for me. It was such a slow burn then suddenly all the action is crammed into the last 20 pages. A lot of things never make sense or just didn't need to happen at all. 

The eerie woodland gothic vibe was great, the main character was kind of insufferable and judgey. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Abortion