Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

258 reviews

mmmmkay's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

sophs_mood_reading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Kiva the resident healer has survived 10 years at the kingdoms death prison waiting to be saved by her family on the outside or die, whichever comes first. She’s hated by the other prisoners for being the warden’s tool and informant and treated like scum by the guards (so life’s not great). 

When the rebel queen arrives in a state close to death the warden and the prison rebels both demand one thing of her: Keep her alive. 🤦‍♀️
 
So now she must do the impossible, all why trying to figure out what strange deadly stomach sickness is spreading throughout the prison as well as not be too distracted by the new handsome and charming inmate. 

A little slow in parts and I did predict a major plot point fairly early on, I still really enjoyed this start to the trilogy. 

Read if you like:
Found family
Hidden identities 
Slow burn romance 
Elemental magic
High stakes challenges 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

katelynnreads's review against another edition

5.0

That was so EPIC. 10/10. 

“you’re right, you don’t need me fighting your battles. But if you’ll let me, I’d like to be standing beside you as you fight them”

“Our scars define us. They tell a story of courage and survival. They tell of who we are at our deepest being, of the challenges we've faced and overcome”

I devoured this boon on our trip to Canada. It was beautiful & full of horrors at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Grief

kaylaboevers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

jaidlyn_7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

sarahamuller1's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, and Blood

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

christygsp's review against another edition

4.5

I was surprised at how much I actually loved this book. The entire plot centres around the elemental trials and life in this crazy dangerous prison. 
Our main characters are engaging, interesting and encircled by such an interesting world. 
The ending……. I went out and got the next two books on almost that alone. I GOTSTA know what happens next! 
Careful of content/trigger warnings (I will list below) but the author didn’t go tooooo far with those so just be aware. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

annielikesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child death and Self harm

csmall73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny slow-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

3.0

This book was a little bit of let down. I feel sufficiently confused by the events that take place in this part of the story. But I am also intrigued enough to read the next installment. Kiva definitely got poop end of the stick in life and family. Left for an unreasonable amount of time, she becomes the prison healer. Takes insane amounts of crap from the filth of several countries. An impulsive and rash royal invites himself to prison as a way of getting information and intelligence gathering on a notorious rebel that happens to also be royal. We are up to three. Kiva takes the do no harm way to far and volunteers to take the place of her patient in trials. Basically give me liberty or give me death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sidnilayne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was actually so good, but I almost DNF’d it at 30% because I couldn’t stand the narrator. Her speaking was very slow and speeding it up did not help. It got a little better towards the end, but it drove me insane. Ended up starting a new book, but couldn’t stop thinking about the plot of this one, so I had to come back and finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Blood

Minor: Self harm