Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

A Biblioteca dos Livros Mágicos by Emma Törzs

26 reviews

deez97's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Abandonment

nyree42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

It doesn't happen too often, but every once in a while I find a book that's very difficult to put down. When it comes to Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe, I had to pull an all-nighter while going through the most exciting chapters because I knew I couldn't sleep until a resolution was found.

I would call this fantasy-horror due to the many body-harm scenes with blood and mentions of horrific topics, but it's not scary or graphic in other ways. You just can't have an aversion to reading about blood and the way they write with it, which definitely made me uncomfortable, but I powered through since the story was so captivating overall.

(Kids, don't try this at home. It's a fantasy world in this novel, and making yourself bleed to write stuff is only going to hurt you and make you sick. You won't find "magic" that way in our actual reality. So no self-harm, please!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ajacobs590's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This book has an interesting magic system. I like the different way that magic was incorporated in this book. It was interesting that some can write the magic but they can make the magic happen. It was almost like a separation of power to make sure to spread the wealth. 

I liked the characters. They each had their own way they viewed life based on the circumstances of their experiences. 

While I like these things, this book was a little slow for me and hard to get into. One thing I recommend is listening to the audio. When I was about halfway through the book I found the audio on Libby and listened to that while also reading the physical book. It helped me get through this book faster. I'm glad I got through it because many things were revealed that kept the story moving. I was able to see what was coming but glad to see how it worked out. 

If you like unique magic systems, portals, and adventure; this book is for you. This book has no spice just some kissing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping

alaris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.0

This was spooky, fun, and very creepy at times. I could have done with less detail being given on the blood-draws and more on the magic side. Took a while to really get engrossing, since the storylines were very separate at first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

baking_muffins's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.25

Loved the writing and the characters. Have to say was disappointed that

Joanna ended up with Collins and Nicholas was just unused as a romantic character, especially since he was the main focus of the book for 50% of the time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Torture and Kidnapping

ithilien11's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

wlreed312's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

This is a book with an interesting plot hook that I felt was very uneven. The pacing was off for me; it was very slow at the beginning and very fast at the end, with a huge info dump in the...third to last chapter, I think. I like Esther, but didn't have a super strong connection to any of the other characters. I found Nicholas a bit infuriating while acknowledging he had very bad things happening to him. That said, I did like when the plot lines started coming together, and the last third of the book was really enjoyable. Every so often, the author uses words or phrase that took me entirely out of the story, but the world and magic system is really interesting. I would read more set in this universe. There is quite a bit of self harm in the book; it's essential to the plot but be prepared. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

relin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Really enjoyed the characters and the problems they solve! I'm so happy they find each other! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Torture, and Alcohol

theganewt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

This book was an absolute delight to read. I had just recently read another magical library style book and this one absolutely blew that one out of the water. The characters were great, and I loved how they all interacted with both each other and the different plot points. Also the magic style in this was so unique, it was really well thought out and I feel like it could really be taken in some cool directions. I think my only complaint would be

the romance near the end with Collins and Joanna, I see where it came from but it also felt a little quick.

Otherwise this book was great, I didnt want to put it down and it has left me craving more of this series immediately!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content

saplingtarot's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail