Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Putri Kedua (Second Sister) by Chan Ho-Kei

7 reviews

moonlitface's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

“The problem here wasn’t the internet, even though that’s how the news spread, nor was it the websites that were used, but the stupidity of the human mind.”  

Alur Second Sister sepenuhnya tentang investigasi terhadap kematian adik Au Nga-Yee yang bunuh diri karena online harassment dan pembalasan dendam kepada “pelaku”. Gagasan besarnya tentang kerugian dari teknologi internet. Salah satu hal yang aku suka dari novel ini adalah storytelling-nya—bagaimana permulaan dan susunan cerita hingga jadi satu garis besar yang utuh. Selalu terungkap fakta-fakta baru dalam kasus bunuh diri Au Siu-Man yang bikin pembaca, kek, “OHH!”. Trus, metode-metode investigasi yang dipake N juga dijelasin dengan mendetail.

Dari segi karakter juga cukup oke penulisannya. Karakter-karakternya punya sisi positif dan negatif. Character dynamics antara Nga-Yee dan N menarik banget, walaupun terkadang si Nga-Yee-nya naif dan agak dongo, serta N arogan dan cocky.

Menurutku, novel ini termasuk medium-paced. SEDIKIT lambat, tapi worth the journey. Nggak ngebosenin sama sekali. Kocak juga di beberapa bagian. Plot twist-nya berlapis, tapi bukan yang maksa. Tiap plot twist masuk akal ketika ditarik kembali ke clues yang penulis berikan di sepanjang cerita. Plot twist yang paling mengejutkan buatku pribadi adalah

pengungkapan bahwa N bukan menyamar jadi Szeto Wai (ahli IT yang punya perusahaan besar dengan kekayaan yang kayaknya unlimited), melainkan N ADALAH Szeto Wai.

Perihal ini kayaknya kebantu sama cara penceritaannya. Mungkin kayak ngupas bawang kali ya, satu per satu lapisan kulitnya dikupas secara detail dan rapi.

Overall, ternyata aku lumayan menikmati novel ini. Deserve the hype!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

senandunglaut's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

aoodiobooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Mental illness

didyousayrysha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

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

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

High key mad Nga-Yee and N didnt get together but ok
This was actually rly good, it took a lot of turns that werent always unpredictable, i just didnt expect it to go there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

emre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

gaylien420's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

3.5 stars
This had so many twists and turns and no question was left unanswered. I enjoyed this a lot, but some topics were rather heavy and triggering, so here's some content warnings, if you want to read it:
- sexual assault and abuse (heavy trigger warning, detailed), sexism, pedophilia
- suicide, bullying, self harm (graphic)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Outing