Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh

14 reviews

hayzey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective tense fast-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

Graphic: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Abandonment, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Violence, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

Minor: Stalking, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Sexual content, Mental illness, Abandonment, Homophobia, Infidelity, Grief, Cursing, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Blood, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Bullying

annie_o007's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Bullying, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Miscarriage, Addiction, Vomit, Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, and Cursing

ana_maria5's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia

gemin1reader's review

dark emotional sad

3.0

Rating this one is hard because objectively…it’s not great 😅 and yet I raced through it, literally couldn’t put it down and found it so easy to read and so addictive. 

To be fair, I think I’m too old to read about high schoolers which is part of the problem. Also some of it just feels like trauma porn and does expect you to believe that

this girl is being beaten black and blue by her father every night and nobody noticed?!

. Also that

17 year old rugby boys have quite as much power as is portrayed here?!

And yet, I am about to go and read the next book immediately so take from that what you will 😂 

PLEASE check trigger warnings before you read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Vomit, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

naaytaashreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

“I can take you home when you have to go?
What the actual fuck?
I might as well have shouted, love me, fucking love me at the girl.
I felt like a bleeding eejit.”

Wow, I am surprised I finished the book in two days.
The size of it intimidates me, and I am not going to lie.
It's a huge book, and before I started it, I heard it was a slow burn.

But it wasn't really a slow burn.
Sure, the characters' plotlines and storylines were lengthy, and I enjoyed it.
The story and flow seem more natural and genuine with the friendship bonds and feelings and slowly learning of their character and story.

I enjoyed the balance of the 2 POVs, with the involvement of their friends, families and, of course, "villains."
Over time, while we see the friendship bond between Johnny and Shannon, we then learn of their struggles in their own life.
It's hard to read on some of them (please read trigger warnings), but it was an important topic to speak and read up on.

The ending definitely broke me, and I am nervous and excited to continue the read. 

“I just wanted her. For keeps.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

lucycaunter's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Sexism, Misogyny, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

kay374's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Bullying, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, and Blood

cait's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gore, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

radilikka's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Cursing, and Miscarriage

sshpurple1's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

It’s hard to describe just how much I enjoyed this book. There are vivid descriptions of life, of living in a household with domestic violence. And how an up-and-coming ‘star’ feels the pressure. We get Shannon’s thought processes of making daily choices while trying to survive. In Jhonny, we are given a look into what the pressure is like for someone who is the ‘star’ of something and their choices to stay on top. The two come together and bring something to the relationship that makes the other one better, stronger, and able to handle life differently than they have been. Be ready to have all the feelings while reading this book. It is painful, angsty, hopeful, and with moments of hilarity.  Keeping 13 book 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Medical trauma