Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Dom sióstr marnotrawnych by Krystal Sutherland

59 reviews

lynnrahm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

3.5 stars

not what i thought it’d be. but then again what did i expect? stephen-king-kinda thriller? well...yes.

reading the synopsis that is what i thought it would be like. but nope. its like those dark stories parents read their kids to sleep.

hush! my darling. if you don’t close your eyes gray hollow would come and skin you alive. then wear your skin and enter your world and live with us. as our child. you’d be dead. so sleep.

oops! i think i spoiled the whole book!

but the writing was very beautiful with a lot of twist and turns and creepy little flowers growing out of the main character’s gut (literally)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Sexual violence, and Vomit

carolinacortez's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

okay, that was creepy.

no se como explicar lo que acabo de leer por que estoy toda confundida, me encanto el libro eso si, ha sido uno de los pocos libros que me ha puesto la piel de gallina en varias ocasiones, en otras me hiso sentir asco, te mantiene en tensión en todooo el libro, desde la primera página hasta la última frase, quieres saber que diablos les paso a las hermanas Hollow en ese mes que desaparecieron y cuando lo descubres, oh boy, a sido una de las cosas más perturbantes que he leído (sobretodo por que involucra niños), tengo que confesar que si es un poco predecible, desde como la página 80 sabia a donde iba y más o menos como iba a terminar, pero eso no arruino para nada la lectura, seguí tensa e igual me sorprendí cuando descubres la verdad; me dieron ganas de ser una hermana Hollow tambien, me sentía parte de la hermandad, y su vínculo entre ellas, aunque a veces raro y obsesivo, también era bello y algo que podía comprender.

What if we were the monsters?

pd. que portada más hermosa la vd.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Body horror, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Suicide, and Vomit

khesi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Physical abuse, Violence, and Sexism

Minor: Miscarriage, Medical content, and Bullying

sassyshark's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Pedophilia

xoxlululuxox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

What an absolutely beautiful book. House of Hollow was intriguing and thrilling in all the right ways.

The story follows Iris as she tries to figure out the mystery of what happened to her and her sisters when she was seven after her eldest sister goes missing. There is so much that happens as we follow Iris and Vivi on their journey to find Grey. Each girl is so unique in the way that they are written about, you can definitely understand the intense draw they must have in their world, even on the page. 

This book is written beautifully. The language used to describe the events, the scenery is just stunning, you are truly able to envision exactly what the author wants you to. 

I truly loved this dark and modern twist on classic folklore. If there was more to this story I would definitely want it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Medical content, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Stalking

bookishgoob's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was incredibly intriguing and i liked a lot of it, however for me some of the descriptions made my skin crawl and made me incredibly nauseated. I enjoyed reading it but i don’t think i could handle reading it again. I think it’s great that the author was able to make me feel physically ill with her descriptions but for me it was too much. i did hope for a different ending but the twist was still good. this is not just a fantasy book like people on book tok say. this is a HORROR book. so beware of that going in. all in all it was a good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

freya_amber's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Murder, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Animal death, Violence, Stalking, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

mermay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I feel like my whole review is going to be a spoiler, so I'll hide it a lot of it just in case. I never write reviews, this was a message to my best friend so this might be rough, but wow. Bruh. Okay. Bruh. This book. This book is amazing, it really is. Well-written, unpredictable, and engaging enough that I just spent the last 5 and a half hours reading it straight through without pause (until 3:30am). HOWEVER. It is very very dark.

It is also incredibly primally evocative creating fear, tension, and disgust by way of bodily fluids (vomiting, mildew, infestations of bugs, a few mentions of urine, and a lot of talk about rot and decay of death and dead things). It really painted a vivid picture in my mind while I was reading, it just didn't evoke pleasant things. I also don't know if I'd classify it with having a happy ending. I'm pleased with the way things turned out. Like I said, it's well crafted and this author did a really good job with character and plot development. I don't think there will be a sequel because it doesn't need one. I would rec solely based on the fact that it is a GREAT book, but you should know the rest of this stuff too before reading. Also, due to magical abilities that play a major role in the plot, non-con is a pretty strong theme throughout this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Drug use, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

Specifics about a non-con scene between a teenage girl and adult man in the wrap.

There's a short...non-explicit, but potentially upsetting, scene that contains non-consensual kissing and touching between the main character and a man much older than her in a flashback. It doesn't go farther than a kiss, and it's stopped by someone who saves her, but she is definitely traumatized by it. The person who saves her says things to her directly following the assault that could be taken as victim-blaming. If you're reading the book in paper firm it's on pages 173-175 if you'd like to skip it.

rachelwierick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence

aliclare's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual violence