Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

18 reviews

noramartn's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death, Grief, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Colonisation, and Abandonment

lady_valhella's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness

thebankofbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, War, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Death, Grief, Body horror, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Child death

unsuccessfulbookclub's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, War, Death, Misogyny, and Murder

Childbirth

sarahaurora628's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I liked it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Physical abuse, and Murder

jjjreads's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Xenophobia, Confinement, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Violence, War, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Medical content, and Blood

karcitis's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Grief, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent, Child abuse, Classism, Kidnapping, Vomit, and Alcohol

cpratreads's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

I LOVED THIS BOOK. One of my favourite reads of 2022. I loved the characters, the story, and the writing style of the mixed POVs. I can't wait to read the sequal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

miaaa_lenaaa's review

adventurous challenging dark lighthearted sad 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? Yes

4.0

SPOILER SUMMARY

Main 2 characters priya and malini
Proya ex Temple child but they burned. Malini Princess exiled by brother. Priya maid servant to malini, they fall in love, while malini keeps is poisoning her, temple children used to be magic from the deathless waters, only priya knows how to find. Priya breaks malini put to go help her good brother defeat her bad brother, but good brother doesnt want to be king, prince rao has a prophecy that malini will be empress, meanwhile priyas brother ashok is leading a questionable rebellion in which theyre all dying and her sister bhumika leaves her husband to die and has a baby, priya , bhumika and ashok make a truce and go to deathless waters together to save their country ashoke dies, priya can now cure the rot while bhumika rules the country.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, War, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Xenophobia, Classism, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Sexual content, Homophobia, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts