Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

31 reviews

princesspeachykeen's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

lurieta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

hannah_and_her_stories's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer

emelynreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Singular. Bold. Self aware. Unapologetic. 

Formatted as letters to friends of the author. We witness Akwaeke's deeply personal writing over the expanse of several life altering events. Emezi's writing holds no comparisons. 

I'm now more than ever excited to read Freshwater.

Do not read without checking warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

reneereads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

dc32's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

note to self to remember chapters: worldbending, desire, holy, anointing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, and Suicide attempt

henriettaenam's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

karingforbooks's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.5

I’m sure this resonates for others, but it’s not for me. Not least because the extensive discussion of suicide and self harm was triggering for me, so go into this having read content and trigger warnings. 
Otherwise I can’t tell if it’s just that I’m uncomfortable with someone being so confident or if I genuinely think they’re delusional in a harmless way. But none of it hit with me and I didn’t enjoy the writing style either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Dysphoria

Minor: Body horror, Chronic illness, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

jenmcreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, and Suicide attempt