Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

28 reviews

emelynreads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Singular. Bold. Self aware. Unapologetic. 

Formatted as letters to friends of the author. We witness Akwaeke's deeply personal writing over the expanse of several life altering events. Emezi's writing holds no comparisons. 

I'm now more than ever excited to read Freshwater.

Do not read without checking warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

reneereads's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Racism, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

dc32's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

note to self to remember chapters: worldbending, desire, holy, anointing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Transphobia, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

henriettaenam's review

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Body shaming

karingforbooks's review

informative slow-paced

2.5

I’m sure this resonates for others, but it’s not for me. Not least because the extensive discussion of suicide and self harm was triggering for me, so go into this having read content and trigger warnings. 
Otherwise I can’t tell if it’s just that I’m uncomfortable with someone being so confident or if I genuinely think they’re delusional in a harmless way. But none of it hit with me and I didn’t enjoy the writing style either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Death, Dysphoria, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Infertility, Sexual harassment, and Body horror

jenmcreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Self harm

mygallaget's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

aishallnot's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Transphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

mscalls's review

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

Powerful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Body horror, Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, and Sexual content