Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross

36 reviews

lynnksy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

tiff_taff's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Blood, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Vomit

sennaje's review against another edition

slow-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

meganattie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I feel like this book just missed the mark. I'm not sure what it was lacking, but it felt unfinished.

Also found typos in the Kindle version.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, and War

roget's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

 Many, many, many years ago, Longinus wrote about this sort of literary experience when he said, "For, as if instinctively, our soul is uplifted by the true sublime; it takes a proud flight, and is filled with joy and vaunting, as though it had itself produced what it has heard" ("On the Sublime").

He described the sublime as "the echo of greatness of spirit." To me, sublimity is, in essence, moving, wondrous, transcendent, lightning strikes of awe into our feeble, human hands. It is the rush of sensation that follows one's spirit rising and gasping in proof of a larger, greater song.

I wax poetic because this book much deserves it. It is the sublime.
I read 160 novels this year. This was the best one.

Thank you, Rebecca.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism and Terminal illness

There isn't a school shooting, but there is a

mass shooting that happens around the main characters, though neither of them die

. The content leading up to this point makes it clear what's going to happen, so there is plenty of warning.

luchikreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Cursing and Death of parent