Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

5 reviews

saraavowlerr's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, Blood, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Grief, and Infertility

Minor: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Cursing, and Blood

jessbailey24's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The ending is a bit of a cliffhanger and oh I wish it wasn’t! It was a good choice I’m just greedy with endings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Death of parent

marigoldgem's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I was excited to solve the mystery of the book when I first started it but by the end it just felt so dragged out. I mean you guess most of the stuff not even half way through the book and the surprises aren’t so shocking. Not a bad book overall but I wouldn’t reach for it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

greatestheights's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Infertility, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Death

A tense, well-written read that I finished in a day — I had to know what happened next! The author also sensitively handled some really tough topics without pulling punches about the reality of living through them. The ending was also really satisfying.

coric's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 An immensely intense and engrossing reading experience that left me with questions through the very last page. Every character is hiding something, but their motivations are often unclear. The tension increasingly ratchets up as relationships begin unraveling and suspicious behaviors are left unexplained. Through the multiple narrators, I’d begun to piece together some answers by the end, but I was left completely unprepared for the full story that was revealed. It is a fascinating exploration of the complex layering of relationships and an uncomfortable reminder that we rarely have deep intimate knowledge of the people in our lives because they get to choose their public persona and what they share with us.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Murder