Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Crush by Richard Siken

9 reviews

xaqrii's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

dragonlilly's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

Very interesting visual poetry, if dark due to the heavy themes of death and self-harm. The poems seem to be heavily formed from the author's personal life, and may not be fully relatable or understandable to all, and certainly not to me, but the overall emotion and experience of reading it was interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Death and Self harm

mmiski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Body horror, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Cancer, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Self harm, and Sexual violence

penofpossibilities's review

dark fast-paced

5.0

what the fuck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Suicide, Sexual content, Hate crime, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Self harm, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Incest, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Religious bigotry, and Police brutality

books_onthe_ground's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

5.0

I cannot explain how much these poems mean to me. There are multiple times whilst reading this where I have to put the book down to cry or take a breather. I’m going to get a tattoo relating to these poems at some point that’s how much I love them. If there’s one poetry book I’m going to carry around for the rest of my life, it’s this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

emohell's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

i think i enjoy his work more when i see it out of context on tumblr

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief and Self harm

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

When I first read this collection, I was in high school, still in the first long-term relationship of my life, a relationship that was going well and felt whole, and I loved these poems. They spoke to an urgency and endless want in myself that I didn't know how to grapple with, but that I needed to not feel alone in. I was obsessive and I could survive anyway.

Rereading them almost (if not over) five years later, in the aftermath of that relationship turning into the exact kind of soul-crushing, regret-worn, drawn-out toxicity and unrequited pining this collection describes... I love these poems. I am obsessive; I might not survive anyway. But these poems aren't even focused on survival so much as registering the right here, right now, excavating it and turning it over to at least witness it fully before the future or lack of a future comes. And maybe that's what I need while in emotional crisis instead. It feels much realer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, and Self harm

Minor: Cancer

alhetcher's review

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

This book is the embodiment of the 🚬 emoji

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Self harm

emersonseyeball's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Death, Murder, and Hate crime