Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

81 reviews

shayna14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Self harm, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, and Gore

gabbys_library's review

challenging dark inspiring reflective 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 Blood

Minor: Child death, Self harm, and Suicide

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Child death, Physical abuse, Torture, Gore, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Racism

abbyweber's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

This was really good! Such a unique concept told very well. The beginning was a bit slow because there is some world-building that needs to take place, but it had my attention from the first page. Lots of commentary on immortality, compassion, and humanity. The ending, though different than I thought, was pitch perfect and I can’t wait to read the second one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Child death, Murder, Death, and Self harm

megan_j's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Enjoyed this. Wasn’t great wasn’t awful but it definitely kept me interested throughout. All the main characters are likeable (maybe not LOVABLE) and I feel like they might be a bit flat sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Genocide, Murder, Religious bigotry, Mass/school shootings, and Medical content

tushay_shanpayne's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Child death, and Suicide

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

I feel like I put off reading this book for so long because Sci-Fi wasn’t my genre but this book was good.  I feel like I probably would have liked it more as a teenager.  While the plot was entertaining it also left a few things unexplained.  It just felt a little dull at some moments and dragged out for others.  

I also kinda had a pet peeve about Citra’s and Rowan’s relationship, it felt very forced and out of place.  It was honestly uncomfortable to read, it was like because they were around the same age they had to wind up together…

Spice Level: n/a

Release Date: 16, November 2016

POV: Duel, Third Person

Rep:  n/a

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Body horror, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Torture, Grief, and Fatphobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Confinement

shanbles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Child death, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Moderate: Classism, Gore, and Car accident

Minor: Hate crime, Terminal illness, Torture, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

earthie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I liked this book a lot, but found the way that it ended to be a bit empty. The premise is so good, but it felt like the ending was doomed to be akin to The Hunger Games at best.

However, starting the book knowing there are sequels brought the book down a notch for me as it seems to be a common trend of Schusterman - great and unique dystopian universes ending up being dragged on past their expiration dates (pun intended).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Death, Blood, Violence, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

molliford's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt