Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop

5 reviews

litandlayne's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Gore

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

brandilovesbooks's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

pixxyhex's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

It was very hard for me to rate this book. On the one hand I still love the world of the others and nearly all the characters. On the other though, I felt that this book should either have been the 3rd or 4th in the series or an additional short novella to tie some unfinished plots. It seemed so stretched out. The "baddie" in the book was just so unimpressive in comparison to the last book. In fact the same thing can be said about the whole story. 

Despite the above I still enjoyed reading Etched in Bone and plan to check out other books from the Others .   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm

mfrank's review

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, and Trafficking

Minor: Misogyny, Police brutality, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Slavery

greymalkin's review

adventurous funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Not much happens in this book, or rather the main action centers around something that all the characters know is going to happen and then it's just a matter of waiting for it to happen.  Despite knowing that it's going to happen, I feel like they did little to actually manage the situation.  A promised "huge fight" is handled mostly off screen and doesn't actually seem to have any effect.   The gender stereotyping is getting a little tiresome- that the women handle the food and have to be their own "pack" and the males are clueless. 

Spoiler

And spending time in Cyrus' head was disgusting.  Also the sexual abuse of a child was really unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse

Moderate: Self harm and Violence

Minor: Torture and Death