Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Sign Here by Claudia Lux

166 reviews

neens_m's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, and Death

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

nekoshka's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

For some reason, I went into this expecting it to be dark comedy. It’s really, really not. Also, I spent the whole book expecting Silas to assault Ruth or smth. That didn’t happen (so no adult/minor stuff, thankfully), but it was extremely creepy. 

Cal’s backstory was interesting, if a bit too convoluted. I really wanted to like Pey, but he was just too bland. 

Overall, it was dark, unnecessarily sexual and the characters a bit underdeveloped. But not bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Death, Infidelity, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Cancer

mxbadger's review

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infidelity

margaret721's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Body horror, Violence, Child death, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, and Trafficking

bookishchaos's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

I don't get the hype. It started off great but I struggled to finish it. None of the characters were likable and quite forgettable. The ending was super confusing and disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Self harm and Pedophilia

Minor: Gaslighting

jstrah104's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

lottiebrooks's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Reading a book about Hell where all of the things you despise the most are part of the world-building is so incredibly validating. 

I postponed finishing this book so I could spend more time with it; SUCH a fun story with plot twists and humor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Gun violence

ashhearddwrites's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Murder, and Drug use

katymat18's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, and Violence

iovreads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

this was on my tbr for awhile because the premise seems really funny, but this was ultimately not for me. gave 2 stars because i tore through it and felt interested enough to want to know what happened, but i didn’t like the journey that it took me on to get there

the below contains spoilers and trigger warning for pedophilia and self-harm

the harrison family characters were all unlikeable, except maybe poor mickey who deserved way better. silas was giving pedo vibes because why are you looking at a 14 year old showering???? also why are we going into graphic cutting scenes for basically no reason, as it didn’t further the plot or the character development of mickey at all. there would be so many ways to capture that she is an insecure teenager who is being bullied at school with no learned coping mechanisms yet. also, the whole character of cal and her back story was confusing at best. there was just way too much going on in this book, including the world building of hell, the backstory of cal, trying to devlop each of the harrison family members, the thriller twists, etc that it was just not a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Self harm

Moderate: War

Minor: Drug use