Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

89 reviews

jenny_d's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Child death, Body horror, Vomit, Torture, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Chronic illness, Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

dustghosts's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Terminal illness

booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

lindseygetsliterary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Blood, Medical trauma, Death, Vomit, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

klara42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical trauma, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Medical content and Suicidal thoughts

ecn's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I really like the premise of this book but almost the whole story was about the journey to the answer. I think there needed to be a bit more of a build up instead of waiting around for an answer.
Other than the girls’ school aspect, the story was almost exactly like an XFiles episode - which was fun, but it also left me wanting/expecting more. Nothing felt new or exciting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This novel was the perfect YA blend of "Lord of the Flies" and "Annihilation". This story follows a group of girls who are isolated because they have been exposed to the "tox" and now find themselves mutating in different ways. The government drops off food to them periodically, and they have no other contact with the outside world. When one of the girls goes missing, they start to investigate further why they are mutating as they are, and why no one seems to help them. 
There was quite a bit of graphic body horror in this book, so be warned before embarking on the journey of this book. I really enjoyed seeing the mystery play out, and I was very satisfied with the ending. This was a very strong debut, and I am excited to see more from Rory Power! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Medical trauma, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Murder

its_j's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Murder, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Death of parent, and Cursing

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Self harm

lizzyc_16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

Honestly this was 5 stars for me until I got to the end. I really loved the book, but at the end it felt unfinished and kind of anticlimactic.

for example, reese, byatt, and hetty highkey just rode a boat away from all their friends who were being LITERALLY BOMBED and the book fricking ended there -_-

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Blood, Animal death, Body horror, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Medical trauma

Minor: Cannibalism, Torture, and Vomit

ashmichelle122's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, and Gore