Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Girl Flesh by May Leitz

3 reviews

gia0203's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed how this book delved into the mind of its protagonist. I liked the horror elements a lot, but I think this book was really just a messed up queer love story. I think this book had a lot of heart and its description of love felt very real and lovely. The writing style became repetitive at times and I had to suspend my disbelief a lot! I did enjoy the book a lot, though, which definitely helped me see through its shortcomings. I want to read fluids by the same author now! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Murder, Transphobia, Animal death, and Torture

Minor: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Drug use

right_kidney's review

dark tense medium-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

4.0

Some strong writing much of the time, interesting premise and character development (including development of the narrators understanding of other characters). Super graphic and disgusting at times in a way that didn’t feel like cheap shock factor gore

Without spoilers, my only major complaint is that the main character’s reflective narration sometimes got repetitive, especially in the early to middle section of the book. I would’ve liked to see an exploration into other elements of her mind/past or at least different approaches to what themes were included. It sometimes felt like the author didn't trust the reader to understand the character through what she’d already written, and added a very blunt statement to make sure we understood (and sometimes repeating that statement multiple times).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Vomit

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Addiction, Animal death, and Sexual violence

vereisnthere's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Kidnapping, Blood, Cursing, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Deadnaming, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Excrement, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Colonisation