Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

45 reviews

s_emira's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

readingpicnic's review against another edition

4.5

This book doesn’t shy away from honestly depicting very heavy topics of mental illness, self harm, self hatred, and su*cidal thoughts, and I appreciated that. I don’t want to say it was “relatable” like all of the people at the con in the book did…but it was and I saw myself in this. I thought the art style and formatting was SO creative, and the depression monster and body horror drawings were so incredible and creepy and made me feel itchy under my skin. There was also lots of humor in this book and it was genuinely funny. I feel like I should have read her other book first since she talks so much about it, but I’ll get to it soon!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia

lanid's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Drug use, and Self harm

kara_44's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

vita_ayala's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm

tree_branch's review against another edition

dark lighthearted slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content and Religious bigotry

samugranjo's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Blood and Lesbophobia

sweetsxrrxw's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

i really loved the drawing style on this, and how the author drew herself as different characters to portray her different thoughts. i also loved how she decided to represent depression. overall, the stylistic choices are really good, although they can be a bit confusing at first. but there's no doubt that the author is a really good cartoonist.

the book per se doesn't really have a plot, it is more of a character study, about how the author's depression affected her during six months. 

since this is a memoir i think im just gonna keep my rating private. did i like the book? yeah, it was pretty cool and i liked how she handled the complexity of mental health and mental instability. and i totally get how this might have been helpful and therapeutic for the author. i guess i was just expecting to get some closure? maybe a consistent plot?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use and Self harm

fiona_stabler's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

endemictoearth's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad

I'm finding it harder and harder to rate memoirs. There's a lot to think about here, a lot of it tough and confronting, but honest, too. I'd caution readers with suicidal thoughts to approach this one carefully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship