Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

We Need to Do Something by Max Booth III

45 reviews

owlribbon's review

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

gbrl's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

nyquilcryptid's review

dark sad tense

• Loveable characters? No

4.25

A lot bleaker than I expected. Absolutely nasty piece of work, felt sick to my stomach and nervous the entire time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Vomit, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Minor: Infidelity, Racism, and Self harm

aamorgan's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Vomit, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Self harm

szyca's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

itsalina's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

soaphest's review

dark mysterious tense

2.0

As a note to myself I’m starting a new reviewing system from hereon so I’ll actually start giving books 1-2 stars bc i never do that lol. Anyways in general this book was a decent read, the premise was interesting & I wanted to see where it would go which was,, nowhere really?? It just felt very pointless and disjointed, and the ending really gave me nothing at all. The characters felt too much like caricatures to me, like the prototypical dysfunctional american family with the conservative dad & the abused/neglected dissatisfied wife & the queer daughter & the (incredibly!!!!) annoying little brother which isn’t bad in itself as long as that isn’t all that is to them (but in this case it was). It was an ok book, just not something that will stick with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Hate crime, Racism, Self harm, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cancer and Infidelity

honeyreads1066's review

dark 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? Yes

2.5

I really was not a fan of this book.

For a short story, I was surprised that I got bored. The characters were not particularly likeable and I'm not sure that the author has been around kids because the way the two child characters acted seemed a little like a caricature. I didn't care what happened to them at all, especially the main character, I wasn't invested in her story at all.

I feel like the plot wise this story had a lot of potential but how abstract it was didn't help the story. I wish the supernatural elements were either there from the beginning or not in it at all.

Overall I just wasn't the biggest fan of this book at all, and sadly it's not something I would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

daniellajudge's review

fast-paced

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

4.0

In the words of @livlovread, absolutely cooked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

franlopes's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, and Vomit