Trigger Warning

a statement at the start of a piece of writing, video, etc. alerting the reader or viewer to the fact that it contains potentially distressing material. source: google dictionary

likely tagged as such either because there are warnings included for upsetting themes, or tagged as a warning to the reader that there is potentially very distressing content, more often related to trauma.

note: also tagged online as TW
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It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
Thirteen Reasons Why
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
Speak
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Lights Out (Into Darkness, #1)
A Little Life
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
Still Beating
My Dark Vanessa
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
Verity
Brutal Intentions by Lilith VincentFear Me, Love Me by Lilith VincentUnholy Vows by Mila KaneDom by S.J. TillyThe Pucking Wrong Date by C.R. Jane
Birth Control Tampering Trope
44 books — 42 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinThe Collector by John FowlesEmmeline by Judith Rossner
Worst Fictional Creepy Older Men
5 books — 4 voters

Down the Rabbit Hole by Holly MadisonThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorWriting IT - Novel, Plot, Characters by Ed Adams
Playboy Memoirs
3 books — 3 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBlood Sport by Dick FrancisThe Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst
Depression in Fiction (non-YA)
8 books — 4 voters

What were you wearing? Why did you go to his empty house alone? Did you drink any alcohol or take any drugs before going to Samael's house? Do you have a boyfriend? If so, are you serious with him? Are you sexually active? What did you eat that day? Who cooked for you? Who dropped you off at Samael's house? I was mentally prodded, poked and attacked with quickfire questions that made no sense to me. My mind couldn't begin to fathom why they needed to know those things about me. I was astounded b ...more
Danielle Dunn, What it's Like to Keep Living

Sanhita Baruah
Your triggers are pathways to your wounds. The stimulus is only a door.
Sanhita Baruah

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