Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan

4 reviews

sirensaria's review against another edition

I couldn't keep listening to the toxic relationship. Yes, I know this is about that, but it got to the point it didn't seem believable. The main character gave hardly any explanation for what she did or felt, and I just couldn't care less what happened to her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

clara_h39's review against another edition

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

4.75

I normally don’t like thriller/horror/psych books, but I really enjoyed this one. It was not too graphic since the mass murder took place before the book, and its only slightly gory during flashbacks. Very interesting and detailed world bulding. I appreciated the queer relationship wasn’t exploited or one note, it was just representative of two real girls in love strugglingg with trauma. I do think this book was somewhat predictable but it didn’t ruin the enjoyment for me, i was still on the edge of my seat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

I love it when women are insane!


(i do wish this book had more of the summer camp slasher vibe than it did. It was pretty focused on life after the Event, which did keep me guessing. I feel like I got no answers though and I’ve definitely read better thrillers/horror, queer books, and queer thriller/horror. But it was just unhinged enough to satisfy the insanity palette iykwim. Although the main couple were TERRIBLE together like if I had to hear them fight one more time lmao 😭 as a 29 yo gay person in a committed relationship my young besties if you fight like this I’m gonna need you to do some serious inventory on if “love” is worth it lmfao 😭)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Stalking, and Death of parent

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The two survivors of a sleep-away camp mass killing are now in a romantic relationship. One with no memories of what happened. As she tries to unravel what happened that night, she gets deeper into a possible conspiracy going back to her birth family. 
Wow! It was a twisty book! It was also a very dark and emotional book. I didn't really like the ending, and in the end, we didn't get a lot of answers. It was an okay book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts