Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Book of Night by Holly Black

25 reviews

bethr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

thehobbitbarbie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

cutie314's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

First two chapters were pretty rough  but once I got through them I got through the entire book in just a couple of hours. If you like the main character (who likes to choose the worst possible solution to every problem), you'll probably like the book. If you don't, then you won't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Addiction

Also, I can't find a relevant tag, but there are multiple scenes where a character's body is possessed/controlled by another character.

moon_lit_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Self harm

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sapphicbookdragon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Self harm, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

annorabrady's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Death, Incest, Self harm, and Death of parent

leedolee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I've always been fascinated by the idea of shadows existing as separate and living entities so this book certainly fit the bill. It was a great and entertaining read and had a world I will surely return to when the sequel is released. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lost_windsock's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This story captured my attention from the first page. The back and forth between the past and present was compelling, and the shadow magic was interesting and well executed. There was plenty of action and a lot of tense moments, and it just flowed so perfectly and had me hanging on every interaction and decision Charlie made. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

svblvna's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

knowing how compelling Holly Black can make her characters this was just so... bland? Charlie is uninteresting and i couldn't bring myself to care that much about her. there are too many side characters and it takes away from the few interesting relationships in this book.

the magic system and world-building were cool but lacked depth. we know what Charlie does, which is really not much. sometimes, the mystery works but in a book with so little happening, i don't think it was the right move. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Self harm, and Murder