Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Hide by Kiersten White

12 reviews

traa's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Classism, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gore, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Racism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Medical content, Infidelity, Medical trauma, War, Self harm, and Racial slurs

novaleestar's review

dark mysterious 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Death, Grief, Self harm, Suicide, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Body horror, Torture, and Violence

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Exceptionally creepy and disturbing. This would make a really cool movie. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Racism, and Violence

ashkane's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Blood, Murder, Death, Suicide, and Violence

gia0203's review

dark reflective 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

4.0

I understand the criticisms of this book, I do, but I couldn’t help but connect with it. An interesting, blood-pumping reflection on trauma and on privilege. I’m not really familiar with monster horror, but the monster being a metaphor is a motif that I love. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: War

jaedia's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Murder, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, and Suicide

mauvesoul's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Blood, Gore, Homophobia, Classism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Medical trauma, Medical content, Misogyny, and Lesbophobia

krystalg's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Cursing

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Animal death

livlamentloathe's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Racism, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Medical trauma, Gore, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and War

reina_shouko's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.25

This book was an "Okay with a plus".

This book was a rollercoaster , not of emotions though but of my interest in it.
In some points in the book I was so intrigued and couldn't stop reading and in other points I felt like I needed to force myself through the pages.

Nevertheless, I can still say I liked this book to some extent and a major reason for 'WHY?' is that I really liked the characters ( especially the main character ,Mack) for their complicated and unique life stories.

Story wise, this is not something I'll usually read, and in some points it was too tense for me and making me stressed (but it's just me and my preferences, some people really like tense books) still, it was a nice change of genre.

Overall, this was as I said previously an "Okay+" read, I can't say it was great but it wasn't bad either!

Would I recommend this book? It depends. I can see why some people love this book, and I can see why some people hate it.
It's an unusual genre that either suits you just perfectly or just doesn't suit you at all.
If tense, mysterious death game turned supernatural is your cup of tea, then go for it! If not, I don't reccomend you to pick this up even out of curiosity. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Death, Murder, Medical trauma, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Cursing, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: War