Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Zodiac Academy 8: Sorrow and Starlight by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

6 reviews

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I really loved how they showed the different faces of grief in this book. It was raw and ugly and real and really well done. Lots was happening in this book but I loved it and there were definitely high stakes. I really need Seth and Caleb to freaking communicate. Tory has come such a long way but I want to see just a little more from her

she should not be mad at Darcy bc she would’ve done the same thing and she’s mostly upset bc she was drowning in grief

. The twins are absolute badasses and powerhouses. Oh and i still love Lance Orion

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

selestre's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.75

I’m so confused.  This book dragged on, and almost went on my DNF list - which is extremely rare, and especially since I actually want to know how everything turns out for these characters.  

The story has been building and building over the first 7 books and then randomly in the last 10-15% of book 8, a bunch of loose ends get tied up, only for the whole story to unravel again in the last couple of chapters and leave us on a weird cliffhanger. Not only that, but the next two books in the series are apparently backtracks from different perspectives - the next one says it’s a retelling of the first book from the Heirs’ POV, and the currently final book in the series (book 10) says it’s a retelling from the POV of those that have passed.   So we’ll be left on this cliffhanger with no foreseeable ending through at least two more books before we can pick up and go again. 

The first few books really sucked me in, but the story is now spiraling wildly out of control with no ending in sight - pretty disappointed, as I’m now invested in this story through the first several books, but after book 8, I’m not sure I want to continue, despite still wanting to see how things turn out.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kismar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

amandaerdmanczyk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Twisted sisters, indeed. IYKYK.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder