Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Prison Healer - Die Schattenheilerin by Lynette Noni

126 reviews

marsh_mall0w's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Confinement, Self harm, and Medical content

zozo_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Rape

laurenevlyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book! Read in one night. Only downside was that the (absurd amount of) plot twists felt a bit rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Medical trauma, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Self harm, Blood, Child death, Murder, Sexual assault, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, and Animal death

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Medical content, Death, Child death, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

stories's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

Wow. Eminently readable, with a lush and wondrous (dark) world (being set inside a prison and all). A steady string of well integrated twists and turns, culminating with an absolute jaw dropper on the final pages. There to shed half the book, minimum, in new light. 

This is a book that will give again on the reread, for sure. 

A first in series that confidently stands alone while also leaves you scrambling for the sequel. 

Superb use of textual format and some stunning lines, not to mention a real array of characters, including explicit canonical wlw and amputee. 

Could barely put this book down, and even this scattershot review is after a solid 1( minutes of awestruck space staring upon finishing. 10/10 recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Drug use, Addiction, and Vomit

Deathly trials of air, fire, water and earth undertaken by protagonist narrator.

sankta_aleena's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Self harm, Death of parent, Torture, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Pregnancy

kinsportch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Medical content, Physical abuse, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

Moderate: Self harm, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Addiction

gabbyjc's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

It was kind of hard for me to get into the book at the beginning because it was just a lot of background and not but interesting things going on. Towards the end, however, it got more interesting and has me thinking about buying the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Self harm and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

theespressoedition's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

THAT ENDING. OH MY GOSH. I AM STILL IN AWE.

I'm sure it's a little odd to begin a review by talking about the end, but oh my, it blew me away. It’s been actual years since I’ve stayed up late into the night to finish a book just because I can’t put it down. That’s what happened to me last night while reading The Prison Healer. I genuinely got to the 60% mark and I just couldn’t stop. I had to know what happened next. I had to understand more.

If you think you understand everything that's going on during this book, you don’t. I can almost guarantee that. I felt sooooo smart figuring out all the "plot twists" when I really had no idea what I was actually figuring out. It's a wild ride, friends.

The characters are magnificent. At first, I didn't really like any of them. I held myself at a distance from them all, almost like Kiva does with the people in her life. By the end, I would've taken on The Ordeals myself for Tipp, Naari, Jaren, or even old Mot. This book gave me found family like nothing else ever has. I adore it as much for that as I do for everything else it gave me—and it gave me a lot.

When I first began reading, I wrote on bookstagram that I love a book with short chapters like this. Then I realized something: this book does not have short chapters, no siree. What it does have? Intrigue. So much so that I didn't even realize when fifteen minutes had gone by and I hadn't reached the chapter’s end. By the time I was flipping to a new page, I felt like no time had passed at all because I was so sucked into the story.

My one complaint? That I waited so long to read it. I can't wait to see what happens next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Addiction

Minor: Vomit

lunalorenne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

I really enjoyed Kiva as a character. Her strength, and resilience despite her fear was so admirable. She wars internally with herself and still tries to do the right thing. The first twist I didn’t guess but the second one I knew pretty early on. Regardless, both of them have made me excited to see how things play out in book 2! The book tackles some dark topics but does so tactfully and nothing ever felt gratuitous. Also Jaren and Tipp must be protected at all costs!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault