Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Luster by Raven Leilani

29 reviews

kathleen_theresa's review

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

3.0

I wanted to like this book more than I did. I guess my biggest issue was ultimately I wanted more in the ending for all the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Racism, Abortion, and Self harm

sl680's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

moksha's review

sad slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Self harm

blessing_aj's review

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Police brutality, Self harm, and Suicide

jenny_d's review

emotional reflective tense slow-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

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide

masscrafter's review

dark emotional funny sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion, Addiction, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

ameliasbooks's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

This book doesn't make sense. The plot has a lot of holes. The writing is good, but the sentences that make a punch, are just there to achieve that feeling. Nothing goes any deeper, nothing is really explained. People can make decisions, I don't understand, I'm absolutely fine with that, I'm actually very much interested usually. But at least I should be given a convincing explanation for the why. This book unfortunately doesn't do that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Self harm, and Suicide

amelreads's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Medical content, Death of parent, and Cursing

Moderate: Vomit, Police brutality, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Racism, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Gun violence, Animal death, and Cancer

Age gap relationship.

ohheyandi's review

dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.75

I really loved the writing style, every paragraph felt like a poem. And I liked the way everything was connected, even if there was some degree of separation between parts. I really liked learning about Edie's childhood and past.

Overall, I just did not like the story. I was not invested in the plot, it felt very circular and redundant. I also didn't care for Eric and his family, I was more invested in Edie alone than when she was interacting with them.

The writing kept my attention, but rest of the novel just wasn't my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, and Self harm