Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Rooms by Lauren Oliver

3 reviews

coymeld's review against another edition

dark 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

1.5

Touching passages about grief are ruined by the

anti-abortion

propaganda twist ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Stalking, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

bookbug26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Unbelievable.
So many twists and turns, I'm genuinely speechless. 

Check the warnings please, other than that, what a strong story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Child abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Grief, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Gore, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

eviecheesepuff's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

2.25

Have you ever seen that British TV show “Ghosts”. That’s what I was expecting this book to be like. Turned out to be an underwhelming version of the same concept.

Basically, we find ourselves in different rooms of a house whose owner just passed. His kids and ex-wife come back to clean up and sell the house to the dismay of the ghosts who live in it. The rooms serve as a memory trigger as we learn what happened to all these characters when they were the ones inhabiting them.

I’m not sure how to explain why I did not enjoy this book. It felt like the author did not like her own characters. They all came across as gnarly and spend their time bickering constantly. There’s nothing to look forward to in the plot and I didn't really care about what happened to anyone because you don’t spend enough time with them. Even finding out the backstory of the ghosts was kind of boring. Probably won’t be picking up any other Lauren Oliver books anytime soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts