Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

118 reviews

gcjay1994's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

This one snuck up on me - in the end I realized what a good time I had. A lot darker than anticipated in some spots. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Self harm, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Police brutality, and Toxic relationship

akevaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, War, Violence, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Confinement

marketa_'s review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Drug use, Blood, Death of parent, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual violence

korrinstar's review

Nothing makes sense and everyone is insufferable. The "plot twists" are painfully obvious and there is absolutely no chemistry between Kiva and Jaren. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Self harm, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Death, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

artsycupcake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

The twist at the end of this book sold absolutely everything for me.

I already loved the aspect of a prison healer being just and doing whatever it took to survive but to find out this is a villain origin story is the best thing I could have found out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Self harm, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Body horror

evebananas's review

dark slow-paced

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

2.75

The first half was pretty good, with all the world building and whatnot. But the whole middle- probably from 40% to 85% through- was boring. The dialogue was so boring and predictable and felt very YA. The last ten percent or so was just an info dump:

jaren is the prince, Naari is his guard, and Kiva has magic to conveniently save Tipp. Oh and wait- she’s actually the rebel queens daughter!! Which makes no sense, because she acted like Tilda was a stranger the entire time.

I’m frustrated with the ending. The whole book felt very very YA and I wasn’t expecting it. Maybe if I were 13 I’d like it better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, Death, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Addiction

hrubelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

THE ENDING WOW. The first half was a little boring ngl but near the end, I couldn't stop reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Addiction

mmari's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense 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? No

3.75

Cliffhanger un po' prevedibile e world building semplice, adatto a lettori fantasy neofiti. Molto carina la storia e ben scritto

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Violence, and Death

Minor: Addiction, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Torture

azureskyy's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

Slightly reminded me of throne of glass (very vaguely) and helped me get out of a book slump. Loved the plot twist at the end and picking up little clues that were true throughout the book. Definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, and Blood

kottengoesbork's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, War, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Murder, Rape, and Drug use