Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

230 reviews

korrinstar's review against another edition

Nothing makes sense and everyone is insufferable. The "plot twists" are painfully obvious and there is absolutely no chemistry between Kiva and Jaren. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Self harm, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Death, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

artsycupcake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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? No

4.25

The twist at the end of this book sold absolutely everything for me.

I already loved the aspect of a prison healer being just and doing whatever it took to survive but to find out this is a villain origin story is the best thing I could have found out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Self harm, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Body horror

sealreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

The political side of the plot was interesting, but otherwise this fell flat for me. Predictable and cliche. None of the characters were particularly interesting. I think if you're a young teenager you might enjoy it, and perhaps I just need to read less YA. It's certainly not the worst thing I've ever read, I just feel like it could have been so much more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Torture, Murder, and Gore

tegzy95's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Addiction, and Confinement

erinnicolecreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

First half of the book was a little bit slower to get into, but I flew through the second half. Once you get to that point, the story really starts to pick up. Lots of plot twists, some predictable, some not. Can’t wait to read the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Sexual violence

jennalerm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: War

zenitsuuuu's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Lecture vraiment sympa, je n’ai juste pas trop accroché avec le personnage de Kiva mais elle est vraiment forte et courageuse 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

rays_reads's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

Overall rating: 4.5

Lynette Noni played me like a fiddle... here I was thinking I had all the answers already figured out, but no...

I was played

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

lizferon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Rape and Self harm

alielaine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, Drug use, Self harm, Murder, Police brutality, and Drug abuse