Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

23 reviews

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Xenophobia, and Medical content

Minor: War, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

evarinya's review

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Emotional abuse, War, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Blood, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Medical content, and Terminal illness

lainiereads's review

emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. It is what Howl's Moving Castle would have been if it had not been aimed for a middle grade audience. Such wonderful main characters and development for them. And the romance was so genuine and sweet, it is the picture of comforting romance read. Plus, there is a wonderful story centering classism, the abuses towards the working class and veterans, and the struggle of  finding a purpose to your life when there are such evil things going on. Dora and Elias are such perfect characters, and the story going on around them is so important. This will definitely be one of my favorite reads of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War, Blood, Death of parent, and Medical content

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Medical content, Death, and War

Minor: Physical abuse

angelsfw's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Death, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: War

Minor: Pregnancy

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Kidnapping, War, Violence, Classism, and Child abuse

Minor: Slavery

chrisljm's review

lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

such a lovely fairytale atmosphere. i loved the story, characters, and the romance between elias and dora. the only concession i wished was to be able to spend a longer time with the characters. :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Trafficking, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Abandonment, Bullying, and Confinement

bookcasey's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

If you like the idea of regency period pieces and the snippets of witty banter but think that things tend to be a little dry on the plot side, this is worth your time. Some elements feel a bit predictable, but the overall effect is so fun that it’s quickly forgiven. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Medical content, Violence, War, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

I do want to caution that there’s content that feels like neurotypical ableism, so you may see yourself and some of the malicious things people say.

solacelight's review

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

wtf this is SO CUTE

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Trafficking, Child abuse, Medical content, Ableism, Child death, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Minor: War and Death of parent

genny's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

It finally happened! I found a 5-star romance novel for myself! This was pure, marshmallow-sweet goodness that never felt cloying. The protagonists complement each other so well. I found myself grinning and clutching at my chest multiple times. Maybe I was just in the perfect mood for this? There was nothing entirely unique or surprising about how the romance developed, but I ate everything up. I only wish we had an even slower burn, because I'm a sucker for that. I'm so excited to read more from Olivia Atwater! It's kind of a relief to know that romance books aren't out of the cards for me (I've been burned multiple times...), I just had to find a book that hit all the right spots. Apparently "whimsical historical fantasy" does that for me :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Child death