Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Dark Night Golden Dawn by Allison Carr Waechter

3 reviews

bree_h_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

1.5

For a book that I thought started pretty strong, rating it so low is such a disappointment.

I LOVED how casually queer it was. I loved the setup of immortals and immortal adjacent being high society and needing to navigate that. I love how the MC’s history was hinted at and implied and it gave us a sense of the dynamics between her and the other characters and how fragile they were. And I LOVED how much it reminded me of Pride & Prejudice and Bridgerton.

HOWEVER I felt like it fell off at the middle. The MC and LI had a conflict from their past and it would take a lot to work through and resolve. And while the book handled recovering from an unhealthy relationship fairly well, this conflict was just brushed over. This was an early sign for the rest of the plot where issues and plot points were rushed through, information was dumped onto the audience, and the romance was FLOWN through and felt rushed.

My only other notable issues were how easy it was to get lost while magic was being practiced. Everything was described in a really loose way, which can work to emphasise how other worldly it is, but if it’s to the detriment of the reader understanding what’s happening in the scene it ought to be reworked. Finally, as always, these characters were REALLY horny at REALLY weird times. Like y’all should not be thinking about hooking up in the remains of your ex, just saying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Sexism, Addiction, Drug use, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Medical content, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, and Grief

bibble_kingly's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Grief, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Classism, Blood, Body horror, and Stalking

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

mycatnorbert's review

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? No

4.75

I loved the main character and the world building in this book. It really takes an interesting turn at the end, but overall an enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Stalking, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Colonisation, Death of parent, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use