Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Girl in Pieces, by Kathleen Glasgow

16 reviews

finiscelinis's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

For people who have someone close to them who is in a dark place. It’s for them to read and get to understand more about mental illness. 
I do not recommend this to mentally ill people. Too brutal and triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual content, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Abandonment, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Car accident, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Vomit

Brutal

ryankaybee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Vomit, Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Grief, and Mental illness

hayley07's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

lauryn_04's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Injury/injury detail, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Death, Medical content, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Self harm, Suicide, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Violence, and Bullying

moon_watcher's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is so emotional, but can be regarded as hopeful for those who have struggled with depression or self harming. I fell in love with it immediately and cried my heart out many times. If you like emotional and sad books, like me, this is for you. If you prefer more happy and lighthearted books then it might be best to find something else. But I give this book a 10000000000000/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death, Drug use, Injury/injury detail, Suicide, and Self harm

Minor: Toxic relationship

alex_loves_dinos's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Cursing

bookswithlauren's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Determining an overall rating for this book was difficult as I am conflicted. On one hand, taboo topics such as self harm should definitely be explored and represented more in literature but on the other hand, it needs to be handled with accuracy and care because of the potential impact on readers.

There were things I liked about this book and things I did not like. Firstly, as much as I wouldn't wish the experience on anyone, I am glad the author is writing from personal experience. There is nothing worse that false representation, stereotypes and under researching when is comes to mental health representation within literature. The personal experience of the author made the incredibly important representation and experiences explored in the book real and accurate. However, despite the authors real life experience I don't think the topic was handled with the delicate nature it should have been. I do not think we should sugar coat mental health by any means but I also think the graphic descriptions of self harm throughout this book were unnecessary and extremely triggering. There were many points during the book when I question why the particular content I was reading was included. Paragraphs detailing different types of self harm, different mechanisms of injury and different implements to use in order to self harm were just completely unnecessary to raise awareness. Some ailments of the book read as a how to and I cannot comprehend why the author would include such things know how damaging it could be for those reading.

I also think there were too many main plotlines happening within the book that were never fully explored and it took hold of the main focus rather than it being on the main characters journey and experience during her recovery. The toxic relationship between the 17 year old main character and a 27 year old side character added nothing to the plotline other than yet another trauma and experience of manipulation and exploitation for our main character.  Focusing and really exploring just a couple of trauma's rather than all of them could really have improved the plotline and kept the focus on raising awareness about self harm, mental health and recovery.

There are not many books out there that approach the topic of self harm and that needs to change. I appreciate the representation and the awareness. However, I would be hesitant to recommend this book to anyone (especially anyone vulnerable or with personal experience with self harm) due to how graphic and triggering it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

goldyyy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/injury detail, Gore, Death of parent, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

nanners's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Alcoholism, Grief, Abandonment, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

ash_readss's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Gore, Suicide, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, and Mental illness