Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Survive the Night by Riley Sager

9 reviews

thebookaddict's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

3.5

🇳🇱: een goed boek met de nodige spanning. Er gebeurt heel veel en door de schrijfwijze lees je hem zo weg. Ik zag het plot niet aankomen , ondanks dat ik dat vaak wel in de gaten heb. Ik heb het boek de laatste twee dagen amper weg kunnen leggen zo spannend was het. Het is ook een orgineel concept. Wel vond ik de films in haar hoofd zelf wat verwarrend, ik wist zelf niet meer wat echt was en niet. Doordat er zoveel gebeurde raakte ik soms ook de draad kwijt. Al met al een goed boek met snijdende spanning


 🇬🇧: a good book with the necessary tension. A lot happens and the writing makes it easy to read. I didn't see the plot coming, even though I often notice it. I could hardly put the book down the last two days, it was so exciting. It is also an original concept. I did find the films in her head a bit confusing, I no longer knew what was real and what was not. Because so much was happening, I sometimes lost track. All in all a good book with cutting tension

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Suicide attempt, Torture, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

emmaegerb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Body horror, Physical abuse, Blood, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

hotscarysummer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Mental illness, Violence, Car accident, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Gore, and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Charlie is struggling after her friend is murdered and accepts a ride home from school from a stranger.

She spends the drive being manipulated by Josh while trying to piece together what was real and what is in her head. Due to the "movies" in her head, Charlie is a very unreliable character. I found the first half + of this book to be pretty boring. It's a lot of Charlie questioning her sanity and going back and forth of whether or not she thinks Josh is guilty. 

Towards the end of the book, it picked up a bit, but overall, I found this book pretty predictable. The twist that she was kidnapped by Maddie's grandmother was an interesting spin, but turned out to be pretty lackluster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Gun violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

emilymbrown's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, and Body horror

Minor: Abandonment, Cancer, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow This is my second book of Mr. Sagar’s and I didn’t think I could feel so discombobulated (but in a good way.) I didn’t see any of the twists coming, playing right along with the narrative thinking Charlie was going to wind up like the rest of the victims. Well written and at a pace that was manageable. I still have a few questions that maybe will never get answered but for the most part, well done. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol

holthmsn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Survive The Night is a brilliant psychological thriller full of twists and turns to make you doubt yourself and the characters over and over again. An enjoyable reading experience - the setting was beautiful! However, the female protagonist was very frustrating at times - making decisions with little common sense as an unreliable narrator.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer

unboxedjack's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts