Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves

5 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

4.0

This book was not what I thought it would be in the best way possible. The main character, Annika, is neurodivergent and is written so beautifully and carefully. Her struggles are real and sincere and her interactions with others are tinged with frustration as she tries to determine what others mean, what they want from her, and how to interact with them. This is a second-chance love story, where the lovers spend some time apart before falling back into one another’s arms years later. The ending was unexpected and made me yell “no, no, no” and almost spike the book out my car window, but, the conclusion was happy so it turned out okay. This book is an underrated book about a person on the spectrum and I think more people should read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Bullying, Animal death, Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Miscarriage, and Violence

laurensofar's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

The 9/11 plot twist threw me for a loop. Otherwise; a pretty solid read. I finished it in a day because I just had to know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, and Violence

hyena's review

emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Alcohol

bf54life's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

I know i’ll be thinking about this book for weeks, as a lover of romance novels, this book fulfills so many tropes I love while also introducing new ideas into the genre. The writing is very good and the ending is so fast paced. Highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, and Bullying

nicolesreadingbooks's review

emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

Scared the shit out of me towards the end but I could really resonate with Annika’s sense of loneliness in life and her need to grow and figure things out by herself instead of relying on other people for support was inspiring and made me very proud of her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

9/11 attacks trigger warning