Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan

7 reviews

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, Abandonment, Child death, Confinement, Pregnancy, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Violence

sting4780's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death and Child abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Medical content

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was actually my first read-through of this book, despite reading the second one two or three times already. These books are just getting more and more intense and complicated as details from all the series are at play together. 

This book was excellent. It was sad, but also handled so well. While I wish this part of the series didn't exist, it does. To be honest this isn't something I expected which makes it hit all the harder but also really highlights the severity in a way that otherwise just couldn't be captured.  I just hope that Apollo makes the most of their position in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Grief, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Dementia

While this is written in a way that is appropriate and approachable for a YA audience, I'd recommend this for the more mature of the YA audience.

aneanara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.75

Jason’s death actually didn’t affect me that much, maybe because I expected it, and more waited for it the hole book (I had heard that he was going to die, but examples from other books show that that isn’t the case)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent

anjasshelf's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dysphoria, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

shayna14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, and Suicide attempt

hales_1243's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Child death, Gore, Animal death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, Body horror, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Fatphobia, and Excrement

Minor: Confinement