Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

8 reviews

fyre_flies's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

jamiejanae_6's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Child death, Incest, Self harm, Body horror, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

merrynthomas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

renegadegrocerycart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A remarkable story about the conflicts of faith and devotion. Even knowing the end—having watched the 2022 film adaptation—it was still very tense. Emma Donoghue’s prose is well-suited to the fact-based, concise tone of the nurse main character, and details are used sparingly but to devastating effect. 

Historically-speaking, this book has a lot to say about the relationship between the English and the Irish and the long-lasting effects of the Irish Potato Famine. It’s a fascinating read for that as much as the central plot. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Incest, Medical trauma, and Medical content

The child at the center of this story was sexually abused by her older brother. The abuse is not described in detail, but is mentioned towards the end of the book.

zoecjohnson's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Rape, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Slavery

maddiebusick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Excrement, Rape, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit, Cursing, Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, and Alcohol

iridium's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Incest, and Medical content

stellaluna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse