Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

18 reviews

maresuju's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Self harm, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture and Abandonment

anton13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Like always Stephanie manages to deliver a magical, gut wrenching, heartbreaking, heart warming and plot twist full story that keeps you hooked from start to finish. I absolutely love how she writes and this is another stunning example of how amazing her writing is. I love that you get to know more about Jacks in this book and that you see the relationship between him and Evangeline evolve. The ending had me on the edge of my seat. I did not see any of it coming and I was shook. Idk how I’ll survive not knowing what happens till the third book comes out…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

amre23's review against another edition

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

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Alcohol

littlebookishfairy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

5.0

Stephanie… where is book 3?!!!!! I NEED IT NOW!!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

cealotte's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Self harm

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Memory loss

jordypin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

I preferred this book to the first, I think, but largely because I knew the world a bit better. Main character was slightly less aggravating this time, but still annoying in her repeating the same mistakes. Some of the twists were fairly obvious, but there were plenty of them packed in.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

laneys_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Nothing beats the original Caraval book, but I love this spin off, especially since Jacks is my favorite character. I enjoyed this one even better than ‘Once Upon A Broken Heart’ Lots of truths are revealed and we learn a lot about Jacks past. The ending was shocking and amazing and I’m desperate for the next book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Murder