Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge

6 reviews

mafionn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Murder, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

buggieop's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, Confinement, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Deadnaming, Death of parent, Car accident, Self harm, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Vomit, and Excrement

harleyqueen's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Plot twists every where . If you love saw and game plots this is for you 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Self harm, and Addiction

want2readmore's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

The storyline and case are intriguing. However, police-work didn’t go into much detail, so you do question why certain factors were not considered or why they didn’t think to look at ‘XYZ’. 
There is also a trans-woman character and they are often referred to as their birth-sex and they dead-name her.

I felt the author did not accept the character’s true identity and only involved a trans character to hide the persons’ past relationship with another character.

 This shows particularly when the author referenced the trans woman as “ ‘her’ “ which I felt was mocking and wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Addiction, and Alcoholism

ellalafontant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I would have given this book at least 4 stars if it didn't have the unneeded transphobia. It wasn't fully malicious transphobia but it was still enough to really bother me and I feel like the plot point could have still been there without the transphobic bits. I understand that realistically at this point some of the characters probably would have reacted that way and said those things but... It's a book he could have written them without it. Really that was the biggest flaw to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

asreadbycourtney's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gore, and Confinement

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Alcoholism

Minor: Self harm