Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah

2 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Murder, and Violence

patricktreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

Where Darkness Blooms is a dark fiction story based in the town of Bishop. It is surrounded in mystery and turmoil. Every few years women go missing or turn up dead. Now the younger women are left, and they are starting to go missing, and they are the final generation. 

I didn't realize going into this exactly how dark it would end up being. I knew it would be semi dark, but it ended up being way more intense. However, it did truly keep me on the edge of my seat. I would absolutely recommend this to those interested in dark thrillers, but please absolutely check the trigger warnings. I kind of wish content warnings were given at the beginning. I feel it would help more readers be more away going in to make the reading experience easier. 

My arc (courtesy of NetGalley/Wednesday Books) was an audio, and I greatly enjoyed consuming the work in that way. In regards to the audio portion, I only really had one critique. I wish that at the beginning of the new chapters the character POV name would be given to help with keeping track of the character switches. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Stalking, Body horror, Gaslighting, Animal death, Body shaming, Gore, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence