Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

133 reviews

kimberwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

danyels_denouements's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Not what I expected but wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism

s13perry's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one. The book starts super confusing, and you know immediately that you are being misled/not getting the full story. The truth comes out slowly in the second half, but even then I was left with a ton of questions. I don’t love unreliable narrators, and that is 100% what you’re getting here. I think the overall storyline was good but the author just missed the mark with the writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Vomit

januaryapril's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Wow, me and this book have been on a roller coaster ride of emotions. To start I have been curious as to what this book was about as everyone who reads it is like well I can't explain or it will spoil it. So I finally decided to put my big girl pants on and read the "scary" book (I have been realizing that books people say are scary are not as scary as I work them up to be in my head). 
 

So as I began to read this I realized we were most likely going down the DID route. I do not like or appreciate when DID is used as a horror/"scary" element in books so I was not excited. Then this book does all its twist and turns that make you think Lauren has DID and is trapped and then twist to realize that Ted has DID and really his mother was the terrible person I felt better about the use of DID but still a little wary. Overall it was a very intriguing book and I think Ward wrote it very well really giving you the feeling of being trapped and stuck. However, even though Ward talks in the end about how she learned about DID and wanted to show how it wasn't a horror element but one about overcoming I am still thinking and considering how I feel about it because at the end of the day people are still calling this a "horror" novel and we are all still not wanting to spoil the aspect of DID in the book so it is still somewhat a plot point meant to mess with you. 

  IDK ill keep thinking about this one, and honestly maybe I am thinking to hard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Child death

Minor: Death of parent

Dissociative Identity Disorder

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book began in a way that I thought I knew exactly where it was going to go but flipped so I could’ve never predicted what would happen. When you intake so much horror it can all start to feel similar and I’m impressed with what this story accomplished. I was drawn in by the POV of a cat but enjoyed this read more than I could’ve ever anticipated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Violence, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

ahixon1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, and Gore

Minor: Vomit

amandanerissa's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

Strange book, but enjoyable!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Addiction, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death and Medical trauma

ciarrareads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 This was, absolutely, insanely, wild.

What a ride. I have no idea how to describe this book. A lot of the times when people say "go in knowing nothing," I brush that off because I always at least read the back cover/description. But honestly, nothing will prepare you for this.

It's creepy, it's surprising, it's.... I don't want to say confusing?! Is confounding the right word?!

You're not going to know what's happening for like 75% of this book, but the ride is so much fun.

Absolutely read this. And I will be reading more of Catriona Ward very soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

anwolf213's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Grief

redrabbit0's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma