Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

23 reviews

jo_lzr's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

bookaholic_in_wonderland's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Gun violence, Blood, Suicide, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Mass/school shootings, and Death

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

abookandaspotoftea's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

cheerful_bursts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Odd Thomas for YA. Left me wanting a lot more in a good way. Audiobook was excellent. A lot of triggers to be wary of:

suicide, child abuse, rape, murder, school shooting, death, loss of a loved one, animal abuse (insects), torture, violence, cheating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

exiellent's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Violence, and Incest

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Addiction, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

sarahdez's review

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

amandalorianxo's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

So there are a lot of triggers that I wish had been brought up somewhere before the start of the novel. This should not have been marketed as YA. It’s too intense for young teens. One of the triggers is a school shooting. Despite that, this novel is hauntingly painful and sad. Albeit really short which I low key wish it was longer. I didn’t think I understood the backstory of how Jake gained the ability to see the dead. It was like the audience was expected to just take his word for it and accept it. The storyline with Alister was cute but it could have meshed a little better. Overall, I think if the story had been maybe fifty or a hundred pages longer, I would have felt more of an understanding as to why Jake can do what he do and why Benji can’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

miaaa_lenaaa's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

<SPOILERS>

Bro this was so good

You did low key scare me that jake and allister werent gonna get together

Like i think maybe there were a couple things i think could have been a little better? Like fiona doing a complete u turn on all her friends in like a day, fiona and allister helping jake get the diary but then not being in it till the end basically? but it wasnt enough of an annoyance for it to be 4 stars

It did scare me, but also it almost made me cry and was v v cute

Also im a big fan of the general concept

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

bedtimesandbooks's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Rape, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

nothingrhymeswithrachel's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Vomit