Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

17 reviews

rhinaissance's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was a quick, beautiful and wild ride. I am so curious as to where the memoir aspect blended into fiction. What is the truth? Regardless of my curiosity, it is clear that isn't the point. 

Poetic, odd, easy to blaze through and leaves you wondering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Self harm

adryonsk's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Sexual violence

anikaeb079's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Child death, Physical abuse, Incest, and Animal cruelty

tangerinetigerlilies's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Murder, Pregnancy, Body horror, Gore, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

emory's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

• 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

My most succinct reason for disliking this is just that it's not for me. I very much enjoyed the surrealism of the plot, but so much of the book was overshadowed by sections upon sections of what seemed to me to be trite quips trying very hard to be profound and quotable through vague generality. The sections and poems with genuine heart shone through besides, but I couldn't get past the writing, and although a goal of this book seems to be challenging notions of what is natural and sitting with that discomfort, I personally could not get past the recurring upsetting sexual imagery and motifs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Colonisation, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit

A few depictions and mentions of, albeit in dreams and myth, bestiality.

nagev's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Pedophilia, Violence, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Self harm, and Murder

Minor: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

stavzilla's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Dark and disturbing. Poignant and engulfing. Highly recommend the audiobook version - it is read by the author and includes vocalizations and gives an added layer of depth. See content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Mental illness, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicide

vtlism's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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? No

4.75

Chilling, beautiful, imaginative, quotable 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Gore, Drug use, Colonisation, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Animal death, and Alcohol

elorant50's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide

heatherdavies's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

I'm not sure I entirely "got" this book. Some parts were beautiful and descriptive. Others were dry and pretentious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Colonisation, Murder, and Violence