Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

7 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

hanz's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Racism, Self harm, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual harassment

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

nicolemhill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.25

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is an author I trust implicitly. It took me longer than usual to get hooked by this one, but she has never let me down before. I persevered. And about halfway through the book, the occultist hijinks took over my thoughts. I couldn't put it down, and I came to hold such affection for Montserrat and Tristán. 

Read if you like: horror films, Raiders of the Lost Ark, telenovelas, and women who don't take 💩 from anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

sammaywin's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I really liked the premise of this novel (literal movie magic!) but I found the execution so dull. Most of the characters' motivations are just straight up fed to you in exposition and neither of the point of view characters is especially compelling. None of the attempted emotional beats with them land at all because they don't feel like people with real lives and goals. The '90s Mexico setting was cool and there were a few good scares but overall not that great.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Infidelity, Suicide, and Vomit

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Minor: Cursing, Misogyny, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol