Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

18 reviews

honuzbubbles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexism, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Grief, Bullying, Car accident, Physical abuse, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, and Violence

Minor: War

cortanasreadingnook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

This book was a sight to behold. I’d never thought a fantasy read could never be cozier till I met A Study in Drowning, whose story deals about a girl defying all the odds as an architecture student and a woman while struggling to make sense of her reality, and a literature scholar with a knack for academic integrity. Ava Reid’s writing is absolutely meticulous and at the same time it articulates the prejudices of a patriarchal society.

It’s incredibly impressive how she built a fantastical world off of European folkloric tradition and culture involving gods and the Fair Folk, with amazing prose and rhetorical imagery. The twists and turns in this book were truly unexpected. The soft and slow-budding romance between our sensitive but hard-driven main character and her smug but adorably handsome male lead was also not only emotionally gratifying to read, but it also takes us through their humorous, banter-filled adventure in the pursuit of truth that might end in a perilous conclusion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Car accident and Medical trauma

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Torture, Sexual assault, Gore, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Cursing, Child death, Car accident, Body shaming, Animal death, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, War, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Rape, and Domestic abuse

jmads's review against another edition

The writing style was not for me - too descriptive and repetitive and mentioned events too often without explanation so we knew what happened well before it was finally described - and I didn’t like the main character 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

I didn’t complete the book so can only speak to the first hundred pages but the main character has been pushed to medicate over dealing with their symptoms and faces sexism and sexual harassment (suggesting and may be revealed she was assaulted but didn’t read to that part)

bailey_walk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Child abuse, Bullying, and Alcoholism

kiandrareadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Stalking, Bullying, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Medical trauma, Animal death, Sexual content, Body horror, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

aidareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

what the fuck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault