Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

71 reviews

skyelareine's review

challenging emotional sad slow-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

3.5

I jumped straight into this book after finishing The Bride Test expecting asimilar heartfelt, emotional romance. And while this book definitely is that, I 1000% wish that I had looked up content warnings for this book before reading. If I had known that

a large portion of the story centered on the main character explicitly and graphically  tending to her dying father

, I probably wouldn't have read this book. Despite this Hoang does a phenomenal job with this story, and I could feel the weight of trauma that the character was enduring under her perfectionist sister and her family's expectations. Still, I'm feeling a bit traumatized and cannot emphasize enough that you should check out the content warnings for the book instead of diving in almost blind like I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

ctaymor's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-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

5.0

Wonderful romance with a late diagnosed autistic woman struggling with autistic burnout and caregiver burnout

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Ableism, Grief, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent

The death itself is not explicit, but the process of dying over many months, and caregiving for a dying parent is a huge theme

knunderb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

I loved this book! Hoang's writing made me feel what the characters felt. The character development was powerful and the ending was perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Ableism

Minor: Infertility and Cancer

yashirolevi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

one of the most difficult to read romances I've read in the recent years as it hit so close to home. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Ableism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

jourdynne27's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

laur_mckenzie's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

megang519's review

emotional hopeful informative relaxing medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Ableism

Moderate: Cancer and Medical trauma

Minor: Gaslighting

faegyrl_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Cancer

lethaltea's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? Yes

3.5

Emotional damage! 

That’s the best way I can describe this book.

Please please please read the TW before you pick this one up. It really caught me off guard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, and Infertility

Minor: Emotional abuse

ecravens's review

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Medical trauma