How to use this page
Individual books are listed below with (very) general warnings. They may be expanded later as needed. For one particular warning, you can follow the link provided to get a specific, spoilery answer.
Please note that this is a work in progress, and not yet complete! I will be adding links to more detailed information for those who want it at a later date.
I do not currently have content warnings for my adult thrillers, but you may be able to find them in others’ reviews.
If you do not want content warnings or want to remain completely spoiler free, don’t read these. They are a tool for those who would benefit from them.
Notes
- “Peril” means threats to characters not due to violence, such as natural disasters.
- “Animals in peril/harmed” may include death, click through for details.
- Note that none of my YA or Middle Grade books feature sexual violence. However, short stories and books under Kathleen Kimmel may, and are not currently included on this page.
I Am Still Alive
- Violence
- Death
- Peril
- Animals in peril/harmed (more detail here)
- Disturbing imagery
Rules for Vanishing
- Violence
- Death
- Peril
- Disturbing imagery
- Suicide (discussion of)
- Physical abuse of minor (discussion of)
Our Last Echoes
- Violence
- Death
- Peril
- Disturbing imagery
- Body horror
- Depression (in a main character, with explicit discussion)
- Children in danger (no death)
These Fleeting Shadows
- Child death (in backstory)
- Death
- Violence (against multiple characters including PoV)
- Peril/danger
- Body horror
- Some gore
- Medical abuse (historical, discussed second-hand)
- Allusions to/suspicions of sexual abuse or coersion (historical, discussed second-hand)
- Alcoholic characters (non-PoV)
- Emotional manipulation/abuse, gaslighting