Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen

5 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Medical content, Infidelity, Deadnaming, Outing, and Cursing

Minor: Transphobia, Sexual content, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Dysphoria, and Pregnancy

emmi_lee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Dysphoria, and Outing

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Emotional abuse

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

It was so easily readable, and I ran through the book so quickly. Each of the characters quickly pulled me in, and I was invested in their stories. However, it also kinda felt like an opening chapter to each of their stories. Like I want to know more. How it will continue. I want to explore their issues in greater depth. This really felt just too short and it just sort of skimmed the surface of it all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Medical content, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Addiction, Outing, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Sexual content

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, Rape, Death, Excrement, Xenophobia, Incest, Confinement, and Adult/minor relationship

someonelikeblue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Transphobia, Abandonment, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Outing, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Child abuse, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Car accident, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse

lostinthelibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

I appreciated reading this book from a culture that I know next to nothing about. The atmosphere at their parties, and in their homes was palpable and really dumped me right into this new land.

The characters were all individual and each had their own struggles that were alluded to and became clearer as they took over the narrative. Of all the perspectives, I enjoyed the final perspective from Sara the most as it not only had the most conventional writing style, but her inner dialogue was so different to how she was viewed by the other characters.

Unfortunately the aforementioned writing style was an issue for me. A lot of murkiness and stream of consciousness that just wasn't my jam. The characters also acted quite illogically a lot of the time and were hard to get a handle on even within their own narratives. 

Overall I enjoyed and appreciated this book but can't see myself remembering it much in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Mental illness