Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

2 reviews

lorriss's review

adventurous 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, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

louisa_pennyfeather2021's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

This one did things to me. I haven't had a reaction to a book ending like this in a while. The author has to be projecting onto Laurant, meaning that they both plan ahead and have everything planned out. It's brilliant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, War, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Classism, Slavery, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Alcohol, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Child death

Minor: Drug use, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy