Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Giftmakerskan by Sarah Penner

19 reviews

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Self harm, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

bookworm247's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Excrement, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

jaynovara's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book started a little slow but once I got a few chapters in, I was hooked. The concept of an apothecary in the 1700’s having been run by a woman in order to help women kill the men who treated them poorly is such a creative and fascinating concept for a novel. This book makes use of shifting narrators, including one from present day, which I really enjoyed for the telling of this story. I enjoyed the ending. The characters were likeable & the story was engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

annieliz's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

blessing_aj's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Blood, Abortion, Murder, and Gaslighting

nthomas4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

kenziereads11's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

I loved this book. The ending/last 100 pages completely caught me off guard with multiple plot twists. I love how the main character chose herself in the end. Definitely one of my new fav reads of 2021. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Self harm, and Suicide

talknerdybookblog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

No strong representations of diverse characters or minority identities.

Quick Take: A suspenseful novel told in two timelines, 1791 and 2020, explores the motives behind unsolved apothecary murders yet unfortunately suffers from inconsistent pacing.

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Mature Themes: Yes

• the business of murder
• (im)morality of revenge and vengeance

Possible Triggers: Yes

• Murder
• Allusion to pedophilia
• Description of past miscarriage
• Infidelity
• Self-harm — Caroline’s husband purposefully poisons himself to manipulate Caroline in the hopes of winning her back
• Discussion of suicide

Ending:

HEA for Eliza and Caroline. Nella makes peace with her life and choices before passing for her illness (I imagine because her death wasn’t explicitly on-page).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Self harm

Minor: Pedophilia and Suicide