Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber

4 reviews

kate_den_herder's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

I really wanted to like this series. I was sure there would be a clever loophole to break the curse and I would eventually like the main love interest (ok he kinda got me in this book). I was enjoying this one more than the previous two because we got multiple POVs and understood the main characters’ motives more. Yes, I was annoyed that several important characters from the last two were barely mentioned, but I was willing to look past it for a bit, hoping they would come back later. They didn’t. (One did briefly but I’m still miffed). This book did not feel like an ending. It was a romance first and foremost, neglecting the plot.

and in the end Evangeline breaks jacks’s curse with her sheer will/love? I don’t get it. I don’t understand how it can be true love’s magical kiss while jacks is still a fate and no one thought the curse could be broken at all.

I’m assuming the stories aren’t wrapped up because, as the epilogue says, there are more stories to be told in the Magnificent North. I just wish this story felt complete.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Self harm

tays_books's review

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, and Infidelity

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, Self harm, and Torture

bookishflower's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, and Child death

kris386's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Vomit