Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky

4 reviews

frances_frances's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

The prose was so sharp and the unnamed narrator was complex and believable. And the way intergenerational trauma was dealt with was interesting. The pacing was a bit uneven for me. The first half really flowed and the second half wasn't as tight. As an aside, I don't think I'm super into coming of age story lines. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

toastgrl's review against another edition

This book is too sleazy for me, as I get older I don’t have an interest in this kind of stuff anymore. It was just wayyy too much. The plot is also def misleading, it seemed more like a thriller but the book really has nothing to do with her missing sister besides the fact that the MC grows from it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, and Classism

sydneyl23's review

dark reflective slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Self harm, Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

samseyz's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Self harm, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Grief