Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Black Farm by Elias Witherow

11 reviews

flameoffrost's review

dark sad tense medium-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

A good book if you want some horrific, grotesque horror. Plenty of trigger warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder

drsa's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage

justacowboy's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

skyed88's review

dark tense fast-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

2.0

Not worth the hype. Was gross for the sake of being gross with no point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

darubberbox's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

THIS BOOK IS HEAVY. ONE OF THE MOST TWISTED I HAVE READ.

I'm pretty torn as the idea and setting for this book is incredible and got me very excited when I first started. The author is very talented when it comes to creating imagery, and creating scenes. This applies to the creature creation as well. Unfortunately much of the dialogue gets pretty corny, especially the further you get into the story. There were a few grammatical errors which were pretty jarring. The biggest issue I had was the main character. Not only is he unlikable almost the whole story, but his "personality" does not match his actions at all. The author also clearly intended to have a deep character flaw sub plot, which just kind of equates to nothing, and reflects little to none character development. Overall it is an okay book. A fantastic setting, and idea just paired with mediocre dialogue, and weak character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape

Minor: Addiction

narakuos's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

World very well built. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

jake_windish's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

princess_marie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Gun violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

novellearts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is definitely not for the faint of heart. I found this to be a really intriguing concept. The descriptions were intense and everything was well done but you definitely should go into this book expecting most horrors that you can imagine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

allthingseryn's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail