Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Game of Gold by Shelby Mahurin

34 reviews

izzie_r's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Long chapters :(, anyway Reid’s character growth>>>>>>> also I love ansel and coco <3 , Beaux is pointless. Lou is my all time fav book girl. Ended on a cliffhanger 😒 have to buy 2nd book. Also

Spoiler

Reid being a witch pissed me off like that completely defeats the point of witch and witch hunter romance also let the women have their own thing he’s already related to a king plus I loved that he didn’t swear and ima miss his stubbornness bc I don’t want him and Lou to get too similar I mean fgs they have the same long lost parent thing and it’s just weird how his father FIGURE  the archbishop is her LITERAL BIOLOGICAL father , speaking of glad that sexist prick died

anyway I loved this book it was a slow burn too but got a bit bored when the romance was done and it was just plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

lazyowl's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

A pretty standard enemies to lovers fantasy/romance novel, with witches and witch hunters/persecutors. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment and Self harm

dlsmk's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Blood, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Death, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

Minor: Sexual assault, Acephobia/Arophobia, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

selestre's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Minor: Kidnapping, Self harm, Animal death, Death of parent, Sexism, and Child death

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Cursing, Gore, Child death, Abandonment, Genocide, Torture, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, and War

ldermer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual harassment

readabilitea's review against another edition

adventurous relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this one, perhaps because I was expecting nothing special, but actually it ticked all my boxes: exciting plot, interesting and well-developed romance, witches. I found the coded-France setting to sometimes be a bit laboured and there were certainly similarities to other popular fantasy/romance series (e.g. From Blood and Ash) but I found this surpassed them because time was taken to develop the romance and it didn't fall into the instalove trap and there were some twists that I didn't see coming 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

klimatyczny_bluszcz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Really liked that one!! A complex magic system, lovable characters (especially Lou!) and witches. I was involved and looking forward to reading it in the end of the day. I was quite scared that the ending will be a cheese-happy-ending one, but wasn't as predictable and easy as I thought. If you like witchy tropes and enemies to lovers then I really recommend!! I'll probably read the next one in the series soon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, and Blood

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt

lilyane's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Self harm, and Animal death