Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

64 reviews

nehaanna's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Abandonment, and War

roseknows124's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

meaghanslibrary's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I had been seeing this book everywhere and I probably should have checked the trigger warnings. I highly recommend you do and I wish more people when advertising books did that.

The extremely graphic triggering part of the book doesn’t come in till like a third of the way through.

I liked the switching perspectives especially in the beginning. The chapters were short and there was a nice pace to the book. Toward the middle and end the chapters were long we and started to feel slow. The book was a bit predictable toward the end.

I did like the author’s writing style (although sometimes the dialogue got a bit cheesy) and would consider reading her future works.

What really irked me and took me out of the story is at the end Kate’s abusive ex-husband finds her and instead of immediately calling the police or her friend (which she later admits she should have done) she concocts this more complicated plan to hide in the attic.  I just didn’t understand why she didn’t ask for help earlier in that crisis.  Also I’m not sure why she came down from the attic, I would have phoned for help as the animals were attack Simon. I don’t intend to victim/survivor blame but rather point out that as a reader it took me out of the story because I was thinking “what are you doing?”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

themdash's review

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

katwritesandreads7's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

The idea for this book was really good. I was drawn in by the magic and strong female voices. However, the execution lacked. I found it took a long time to get into the modern story (Kate) and sadly I found her to be not as strong or able to help herself as the other two stories (Altha and Violet). I was really disappointed by a lot of Kate's actions and found she didn't serve much purpose besides unveiling Violet's story. For me, Violet was the main character and could have done with a novel of her own without her great niece. Not to mention, there are many many triggers in this book that made it hard to swallow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and War

kelburke's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nicoleparyz's review

emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book! The story is told in three different timelines (1619, 1942 and 2019), with three different women. Their stories are interwoven and involve some witchiness, survival and self-discovery. There is a fair amount of abuse throughout, at the hands of men. (Many trigger warnings.) The message in the story is about the strength of women who, unfortunately, have been abused by men (partners, fathers, doctors, strangers) for centuries. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

pandemonicbaby's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Classism

jocogr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, and Pregnancy