Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Redeemed by Lauren Asher

14 reviews

wannabe_lee's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Addiction, Mental illness, Drug use, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Car accident, Abandonment, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Confinement

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia

charlie29's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

“I don’t want to see the world through rose-colored glasses. I want to see it with a wildflower heart like yours, desperately chasing after what makes me happy, wild, and free. And most of all, I want to chase after it with you.”
My little wildflowers, their story was so emotional and deep. Santiago (not Santi) is a lovely guy, he's self-conscious and thinks before he speaks. Noah was so much better in this book than in his own, he really put the effort into getting Santiago back in the game. 
The only thing was that I was expecting this huge fake-dating trope, but in the end, it was less than 40% of the book. I didn't really connect with Chloe, so I felt disconnected sometimes in the pov, but that's okay because he was enough for the whole book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual content, Miscarriage, and Sexual harassment

valuna05's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

barocap001's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Death of parent

hannahmichele5's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Car accident

norebax's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

lyla_wicks's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

i completely devoured this book, and loved the characters so so much. it was by far my favourite in the dirty air series, and i adored how chloe and santi we’re there for each other and helped to heal the other one. their relationship was so sweet and genuine and it had me smiling so much i must have looked like a crazy person. santi’s character and journey was so inspiring and i thought that it was really lovely how lauren asher added that level of representation to the series. chloe’s character was also so perfect and beautiful, and i only wanted the best things for her throughout the whole book. although i am very sad to end this series, all of the books have been such great reads, and the found family throughout it is pure excellence. so happy that i have read this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Miscarriage and Infertility

invisiblestrings's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

i started this book ten hours ago, and yes i took breaks in between reading but its currently 1:15am and i’ve just finished the series and HOLY SHIT i wasnt prepared for this to be over. santi’s journey is such a fucking inspiring one, and honestly he’s a crazy admirable character. chloe was also such a strong woman i love her. the extended epilogue had me crying i can’t lie, it took me a while to compose myself to talk about it, but the found family in this book is like no other ive read and its a guarantee that i won’t stop thinking about these characters for a LONG time. thank you lauren asher, and roll on the dirty heirs series !!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Car accident

extrasaratonin's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Infertility, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Child abuse

valeria_gzz's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5 MF STARS I KNEW SANTIAGO WAS GOING TO BE MY FAVORITE RACER!!!!
This book was amazing and made me feel like how I felt when I read the heart principle in that I really care and love these characters. Although I don’t relate to them as much I still understand them and absolutely love them individually and together.

I love how Santiago treated Chloe in that he always wanted what was best for her and didn’t like that she had to grow up the way she did. I love how he did things for her because of this too i.e. the mom thing, the dad thing, and even Brooke in the end of the book. I also love how Chloe never pushed Santiago on the subject of racing and his prosthetic. She only ever encouraged him to try to do things that dealt with his last slowly but surely. Also she made sure he was confident, proud, and loved himself before you know because she knew the importance of it like she said.

I love the fake dating trope so I guess that’s just another reason as to why I loved this book.

Lastly, I loved this book because reading it felt safe and like being with someone you love whether familial, friendship, or romantic. It felt safe, comfortable, and sweet even in the third act conflict.

I say even in the third act conflict, because even though it’s a romance novel and I know they’re going to end up together I didn’t feel very anxious like I usually do. You could tell that these characters don’t just love each other but like the book says are IN love with each other. There was never doubt in my mind or theirs that they loved each other even in the conflict which doesn’t happen often in romance novels ESPECIALLY ones with the fake dating trope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Child abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment