Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

125 reviews

marketa_'s review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Drug use, Blood, Death of parent, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual violence

artsycupcake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

The twist at the end of this book sold absolutely everything for me.

I already loved the aspect of a prison healer being just and doing whatever it took to survive but to find out this is a villain origin story is the best thing I could have found out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Self harm, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Body horror

tegzy95's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Addiction, and Confinement

fantasy_fi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Child death, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug use, and Sexual assault

evebananas's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.75

The first half was pretty good, with all the world building and whatnot. But the whole middle- probably from 40% to 85% through- was boring. The dialogue was so boring and predictable and felt very YA. The last ten percent or so was just an info dump:

jaren is the prince, Naari is his guard, and Kiva has magic to conveniently save Tipp. Oh and wait- she’s actually the rebel queens daughter!! Which makes no sense, because she acted like Tilda was a stranger the entire time.

I’m frustrated with the ending. The whole book felt very very YA and I wasn’t expecting it. Maybe if I were 13 I’d like it better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, Death, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Addiction

hrubelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

THE ENDING WOW. The first half was a little boring ngl but near the end, I couldn't stop reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Addiction

alielaine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, Drug use, Self harm, Murder, Police brutality, and Drug abuse

nxyzarorealms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

Omg the end is crazy, i don't know what to believe I am literally starting the second book rn

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Violence, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, and Self harm

allysaurus3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Self harm, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

aglittercobra's review against another edition

4.0

 ***4.0 stars***

Overall,
I have been getting away from young adult fantasy as I age, I have a more and more difficult time connecting to the characters. However I kept hearing how good this trilogy was so I figured I would give it a go. While not the freshest of story ideas, it is a compelling story that I was quickly engrossed in. There was enough foreshadowing that I wasnt surprised by most of the reveals, except that one at the end. I did not see that one coming. I will definately be continuing this series.

Recommendation,
A YA Fantasy (on the dark themed side of things) that I would say is at the older end of the spectrum for some of the darker themed elements (i.e. graphic torture) check some trigger warnings before starting. So far I am impressed and am enjoying this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Moderate: Self harm, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Vomit