Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

9 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness and Sexual violence

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I was suprised by how much I genuinely enjoyed this book.  It’s unique perspectives of the villain. And his assistant Evie were funny, refreshing and riddled with each’s impulsive thoughts. 
The focus on the villains and not a hero archetype was very refreshing and and something I look forward to continue reading in its expected sequel. 

Atop of its unique perspectives, this book was truly unpredictable and I never saw many of the betrayals coming. Arguably though, this just kept me infinitely more engaged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Child death, Medical content, Blood, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

callidoralblack's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, and Cursing

Minor: Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Torture, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Murder, Confinement, and Sexual assault

abicaro17's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

This is a hard book to rate. I really enjoy the concept and a lot of the plot points. An grumpy evil villain with a sunshine down on her luck assistant? Amazing! I think the issue is execution. The book is incredibly slow and any story advancement is basically in the last 50ish pages. The characters are also relatively flat and boring. Like Evie got a blip of development past the box she was shoved in during the last 5 pages. Becky and Blake are the worst examples of this because they're exclusively office suck up and the goofy guy. I tried to give this book grace because its part of a series but a lot of content could have been added to create context for a lot of things we're just like asked to believe. Like the Villian being a village terror (

he basically only beheads people who work for him, people trying to kill him, or anyone who disrespects people he cares about

), King Benedict being a "hero" in literally anyones eye??, or the lack of world building (where are they, how far away is the palace, is it like a fairytale kingdom or am I supposed to be imagined King's Landing from GOT?) This just needed more world building content, more contextual characterization, and a story restructuring for me.

Also when the Villian is like I love Evie! I literally closed my book and rolled my eyes. WDYM? This is a slow burn bro you aren't supposed to know that yet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Classism, Kidnapping, Body horror, Gaslighting, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Blood, Confinement, and Grief

wickedgrumpy's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced

2.5

It had promise but ended up lacking.  The pacing felt awkward, the pining was uninspired, the world building was confusing..  I could go on, but it wasn't a bad book.  Doubt I will continue the series.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

clothildev's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The heroine gets the morally grey villain and also goes out for revenge, I say good for her

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, Blood, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, Violence, Terminal illness, Murder, and Medical content

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Gore, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, Medical content, Rape, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

reign_kaur's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? No

5.0

It has all the tropes and everything I loved from her TokTok series, but it also had so much more. The plot was perfect. I'm devastated that I have to wait a full year for the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Police brutality, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

kayceeisbookish's review

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Death, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Cursing, Blood, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Child death, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail