Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

9 reviews

runes_reads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Medical trauma, Grief, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Kidnapping, Animal death, Trafficking, War, Murder, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, and Misogyny

Moderate: Outing, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Death of parent, Mental illness, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit

galexy_brain's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

3.25

The plot was alright but gahdamn can Ngan write a romance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Classism, Medical trauma, Animal death, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infertility, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Slavery, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, War, Bullying, Gore, Outing, Sexual content, and Trafficking

hollysbookadventure's review

Tw dog dies, tw sexual assault [medical]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Medical trauma

spellygirl's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Classism, Violence, Sexual violence, Gore, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Bullying

almoore5's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Slavery, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

reading_rainbows's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I got through this book, barely.  Queer content starts a third of the way through and is forbidden. It's forbidden because of misogyny and classism and not homophobia though so yay?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexism, Racism, Police brutality, Murder, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Confinement, Classism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

mothman19's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying and Homophobia

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

The gist 📚: Lei is taken from her village and made to serve as a concubine to the king as one of his Paper Girls. Her resolve to free herself of the situation solidifies when she falls in love. I enjoyed this book.

For readers looking for 💕: a vivid fantasy world, a harem genre story, political intrigue, fighting oppression, kick-ass Heroins, and queer romance. 

My thoughts 💭 The world is vivid and reminded me of Daughter of Smoke and Bone because of the human/demon denizins of the world. There were prominent aspects I didn't enjoy, though. The climax also didn't quite feel earned, which really took away from the whole experience for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape, Racism, Body shaming, and Bullying

mothie_girlie's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction and Confinement

Minor: Medical trauma and Vomit