Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

A Court of Thorns and Roses (Parts 1 & 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

30 reviews

lizzye33's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Gore, Grief, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, War, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

nkmustdie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Classism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, War, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Stalking, and Torture

eviemayhem's review

With all the hype around these books, I really wanted to like them. For me, the character development seems only skin-deep and is only ever improved to move forward a toxic romance. There's so many violent things that only exist to traumatize the main characters, questionable sex scenes in even more questionable scenarios, and even with the dramatic audio I just could not get invested. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Murder, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Confinement

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Bullying, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal death, Murder, Self harm, Slavery, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Cursing, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Torture

donatio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Erstmal auf Deutsch:
Nachdem eine Freundin seit mehr als einem Jahr versucht hat, mich davon zu überzeugen, diese Reihe zu lesen, habe ich mich endlich überzeugen lassen. 
Es gab ein paar Kleinigkeiten, die mich gestört haben, 

z. B. Habe ich die Anziehung zwischen Tamlin und Feyre nicht sonderlich gespürt

aber der Erzählstil hat mir gut gefallen und jetzt, da ich auch den nächsten Teil gelesen habe, kann ich bestätigen, dass dieser Band mehr wie eine lange Einleitung zum Rest der Reihe ist. 

Now for the English readers: I picked this up from a friend after she tried to persuade me for over a year to read it. 
There were some things I didn't like very much,

e. G. That there was no atmosphere between Tamlin and Feyre and how whiny she was in the beginning even though she is supposed to be a huntress

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But I liked Maas's writing style and after reading the second book I can confirm that this is mostly a really long introduction to the real series, but it's worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Sexual content, Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Classism, Blood, Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual violence

kay_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Slavery, War, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Religious bigotry

paigeinabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Grief, Excrement, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Xenophobia, Blood, Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, Ableism, Body horror, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Chronic illness, and Infidelity

smoothwoven's review against another edition

This is a romance-fantasy novel, as supposed to a fantasy novel with romance. If you subscribe to the "Beauty & the Beast is hella problematic" ethos, this story is not for you....or for me as it turns out. Barf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Medical trauma

Moderate: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Gaslighting

bev3203's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book! It has everything, faeries, romance, jealousy, political intrigue, and transformation. Minds change, laws are broken...I can't wait to dive in to the second one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

jennyoli96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Slavery