Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

50 reviews

alyx7564's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Antisemitism, Classism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Medical content, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Rape, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Biphobia, Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

lavendar_fr0g's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The first half was great, I was excitedly trying to see what’ll happen next. But after the actual murder, the book went all over the place. It was confusing, all over the place and wasn’t as fun to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Incest, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Antisemitism, Homophobia, and Drug abuse

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Mental illness, Classism, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Medical content, and Medical trauma

dmathuna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Man what a fucking trip holy shit, the first 200 or so pages are definitely slow, but there’s a point where it picks up and it becomes very hard to put down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicide attempt, Incest, Suicide, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

abibliophobic_nerd's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Death, Alcoholism, Blood, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, Bullying, Incest, and Islamophobia

andreadelo's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Antisemitism, Vomit, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Violence, Alcoholism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Outing, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Grief, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

helenamichelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racism, Alcohol, Incest, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Grief, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

storyofmyshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Physical abuse, Torture, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Violence, Self harm, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Gun violence

eliever's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

well. that was a ride

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic friendship, Classism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Addiction, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Self harm

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

_eleanorgreen8_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-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

I'd wanted to read this book for ages and it definitely lived up to the hype. It took quite a while to read, but I think that was good because the book's slow pace meant I could really appreciate every detail. Despite being long, detailed and slow, this book was by no means boring and I found every chapter engaging. The overall story felt more like a deep reflection on the past than a conventional thriller, which I really liked because of the amount of beautiful, meaningful phrases the narrator used when describing events. The atmosphere of the book felt quite meta, and I believed every philosophical idea. However, the ending was not quite as exciting as I'd hoped and I felt that the tone of the story was very much the same throughout, making plot twists less shocking. But overall, this was a timeless, original book that made me feel really smart and intellectual while reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Mental illness, Racism, Incest, and Blood

tomoonarmy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Violence, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Death, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Car accident, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Body horror, Eating disorder, and Cursing