Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon

38 reviews

lizkoroskenyi's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Child death

anneenichole's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Mental illness, and Self harm

sargasso_c's review against another edition

The book was a bit plodding and often fell into the trap of "telling" and not "showing." While the premise is interesting, I feel the author relied too much on creating an air of eeriness and suspense that went on too long and devolved into repetitive scenes that seemed to serve no other purpose than elongating the time between the beginning of the book and it's resolution.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Abandonment and Child death

shaelynn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

jj_tj's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Child death

Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

hagss's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Death

britnidudley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Death, Child death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

batcaves's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Infertility, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

antimony's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

didn’t like when jax went kind of crazy towards the end her conclusions were so nonsense (does it truly make more sense that shirley’s family hired an actor to scare lexie so they could get the house or that there are creepy things in the evil springs that drowned lexie) but i liked the creepy water and i liked the epilogue and i liked ethel’s timeline surprisingly a lot (even though her last chapter her age was so wrong i did the math. if she was 37 in 1929 there is no way she could be 95 in 1972)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Child death and Infertility

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

megelizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

I WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS BOOK.

Jennifer McMahon is quickly becoming a favourite author for me. She crafts such incredible, layered narratives, deftly manages alternating timelines, and depicts family relationships, and particularly relationships between sisters, so, so well, and this book is no exception. It's wonderfully atmospheric, brilliantly plotted, and absolutely, completely, utterly devastating.

This was looking to be a 4.5* for me, as I would've liked to have had more clarity over Declan's role in the story, and also although I was loving it, I wasn't finding myself entirely surprised by anything that was happening. However, I definitely spoke too soon there, as the ending shocked me so, so much that I had to read it multiple times to make sure I'd understood it right, and part of me really, really wishes that I hadn't and that I could've stayed in blissful ignorance. My heart will never ever be the same after that ending, and yet I know I'll do it to myself again as I just cannot stay away from McMahon's incredible stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Infertility, and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use and Injury/Injury detail