Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

30 reviews

emilia777's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

All i know is pain and suffering 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Cursing, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Emotional abuse, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Murder, Self harm, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Drug use, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Hello, we are back at it again with the chaotic sports gays this time with Even More Torture! If you thought these characters had a tragic backstory after The Foxhole Court, get ready for even more trauma as we learn more about the Twinyards, Neil, Kevin, and everyone else's reason they are a Fox in the first place. 

I fell even more in love with these idiots in this book. Neil's learning curve truly is "a horizontal line" as he claims to want to live while running headfirst into danger to save the team he says he doesn't really care about. Meanwhile, Neil is completely oblivious to the affect he has on every member of his team. Neil "I asked" Josten I cannot roll my eyes hard enough at this idiot boy. 

There is humor, and soft moments, and lots of Exy, but there is also intense sexual assault, murder, and 2 weeks of straight torture.  These children will never be the same.

But hey, they're still winning Exy games, and Neil's dad hasn't caught him yet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Ableism and Self harm

mrx99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Read it again and it was as good as the first time.
Though I just flew about the chapter with Andrew because it just hurts too much

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

nicska's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

alaynatabor's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Torture

books_onthe_ground's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This series, man. This series. There is the notion that the middle book of a trilogy is always the worst or just not as good as the others (see filler books). The Raven King however is just as good as the other 2 in the series. This is 100% down to the amazing structure of the trilogy as well as the killer character development and dialogue. The structure and pacing of this series actually blows me away and is something I always come back to when I’m talking about these things in class, to friends or students, it’s always my go to when people ask for examples. The reveal of information, the plot twists, the build-up to major plot moments, they are all incredibly written and engage the reader so well. 

My only real complaint about the book and this is true for the final book as well, is that every so often there is a kind of recap? So characters get introduced again and we are reminded about events in the previous books, almost like a ‘previously on All for the Game’ as if it was a TV show. This is annoying and does take you out of the book and I found that it breaks some of the tension for me, but yeah that’s the only thing I found that I didn’t like about the writing. 

The characters, again, are incredibly written and the character development is well paced out and believable. These characters have amazing continuity, and you can tell the author had their developments, motivations, personalities etc. etc. all written up and decided as every decision made, every piece of dialogue or one liner, every reaction is exactly how you expect the character to be and there isn’t a single moment where I thought something was out of place for them. It’s incredibly impressive and something I rarely see. 

I have so much love for this series. It’s a heart attack waiting to happen; full of tension that feels like when someone in a horror movie is walking right towards the killer, and you are screaming at the screen for them to not open the door. I could rant about this series for ever and this book is no exception. It’s a difficult read in places and I mean that. Please look up triggers for this book. However, issues are handled with care and taken incredibly seriously, they are never used for just shock or for plot points. These characters have gone through and continue to go through absolute hell, and it stays with them. It's part of who they are, and they react as you would think, and the experiences deeply affect them for the rest of the book. Trauma doesn’t go away and oh my god I’m so thankful for this series for handling issues in such a good way and showing that actions have consequences and people don’t just get over things. So often characters simply get over their trauma or act like it never happens, like it has no effect. The character’s grief and reactions make them some of the most believable characters I’ve read about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Homophobia

booksnbones13's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

why am i so addicted to these books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Violence

halfwaytoaugust's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

Listen it's not exactly quality,right? But something about this book series just pulls you in and doesn't let go. It's super fucked up. But somehow even on a reread still enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Child abuse, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Rape, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Alcohol

oliverthegame's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Found family?

[EDIT 12-16-2020 SECOND READ]
I don’t know what to add... I love this book so much (I also really, really hate it). So, that’s all, I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture

Moderate: Self harm, Death, and Homophobia

Minor: Medical trauma

Murder