Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Dead Space by Kali Wallace

6 reviews

strawburial's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This book was a lot of fun. I loved the pacing, the politics of the world were fun (and at times frustratingly realistic). I liked all of the characters too. There wasn’t anything here that was completely mind blowing but definitely a fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

chaoticquill's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 An atmospheric mystery that suffers from a protagonist who jumps to conclusions (to be fair, it's because she isn't a trained investigator) and a fairly predictable final twist. Fun if you like closed-door whodunnits or corporate sci-fi dystopias and the challenges they provide individuals. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Murder

emzhay's review

adventurous mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Body horror, Blood, Murder, and Ableism

Moderate: Medical trauma, Genocide, and Child death

urs's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Medical content, and Suicide

jnl00700's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Medical trauma

spiritedfaraway's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

An ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

An absolutely engrossing ride! This book is part murder mystery, part thriller and it was difficult to put down, I had to know what happened next.

“My contractual commitment to ensuring the safety and security of Parthenope Enterprises and its facilities, operations, and employees did not extend to searching through fluid-stained sheets beneath the bare ass of a twenty-something kid reckless enough to think that paying somebody to drill into his head was a good idea.”

Dead Space follows Hester Marley, a disillusioned AI expert who has survived a horrific tragedy and unimaginable loss and is now injured, indebted, and stranded in the far end of space. Stuck in place until she can pay off her debt, everything changes when a former friend and fellow survivor contacts her.

“This isolated rock in the outer system, this thankless job helping a rich company make itself richer, the pain in my joints where metal met flesh, the medical debt that grew every day, this was it, this was all I had, until I could work my way out.”

I’m not going to say anymore for fear of spoilers, but this book had my heart pounding and me flipping the pages long into the night. Definitely for fans of science fiction thrillers, intrigue and suspense.

Also, the main character is queer and a side character is non-binary, so you know I loved that representation.

However, as I am a white non-disabled individual, I can’t speak towards how the representation of characters of color or a person who is disabled was handled, I’m definitely hoping to read own voices reviews to see what they think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Hate crime, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Torture

fetishization of a person with a disability (the main character has prostheses), stereotyping, bigotry, talk of war, war crimes, famine, attempted genocide, and sterilization. I definitely might have missed something, if I did please tell me!