Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

145 reviews

mjwhitlock18's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

I came into this after having LOVED The Silent Patient, and was so disappointed. I simply didn’t care for any of the characters, and so many of them felt more like caricatures of people than truly human. I also wasn’t absorbed by the suspense aspect,

because I knew it couldn’t be Fosca, I knew from early on that the biographical chapters were written by Sebastian, and I knew Zoe was suspicious for not admitting her involvement with the Maidens and for pointing the finger at Fosca, who I knew didn’t do it.

. I did listen to the audiobook, which was well-narrated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Murder

stephaniezd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Solid thriller/whodunnit. I felt lost at times due to not having any background in Greek mythology. The ending caught me by surprise, tho, so that was really a nice twist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Abandonment

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Suicide attempt

grace_of_avi's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

Def will reread this. Left me speechless 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Suicide attempt

____emily____'s review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, and Self harm

lizzieinmt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book reminded me of Secret History, it's setting and first half was really interesting. But I feel like I'm it's attempts to carry on as a thriller and provide a twist ending it really fell apart. There were characters who really didn't need to be in the book at all, that were given a lot of time. But the main characters weren't really challenged or put together for much of the book so by the end it felt really forced. I enjoyed it as escapist fiction but honestly wouldn't read again. Just read secret history if you want a dark academia murder mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Blood

Moderate: Grief and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

nokibay's review against another edition

fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

ameliacollins's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

kurrentlykat's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

Moderate: Self harm

maddo's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Gripping, good page turner and lots of interesting psychology and Greek myths references dropped in.

Ending felt a little forced — like it was chosen purely to be the MOST shocking instead of actually reasonable or satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm