Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

4 reviews

minniepauline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Rape, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, Bullying, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Miscarriage

aarynn's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Blood, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, War, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Death of parent, and Violence

kibbles15's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is a well written emotional roller coaster of a fairy tale.  I literally could not put down the book and read it in one day.  The author did an amazing job of interpreting the Grimm Brother's Tale "The Six Swans" (or "the Wild Swans") in a way that makes you feel the literal pain that both the sister and the six brothers feel as they work to break a curse on their family.  In the process they are all presented with very real set-backs and trials.  Please note that this book contains references to torture and rape.  While it is a fairy tale, I would not recommend this book to young readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Rape, and Torture

Moderate: Murder, Vomit, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

booksandmo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Grief, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence