Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

100 reviews

thereadinghammock's review against another edition

The misogyny in this world is just too much for me. As much as I want to see her get her revenge, wading through the suffering I know will take place to get there doesn't feel worth it right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

itsame_dio's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The story doesn't show any sympathy for other women. The main character is very judgemental of other women and how they aren't loudly standing up to the misogyny but she doesn't take into consideration any of their circumstances like their class status or how their ethnicity.  Other than that, there's no character development, she stays angry ( rightfully so ) throughout the whole book and we only kinda get to know 1 of the love interests.

We get all of Li Shimin's back story but all we know of Yizhi is that he looks pretty and has tattoos and that's all lol. Then they get together ( after Zetian spent 80% of the book HATING Shimin ) and right after Shimin dies smdh the romance felt pretty rushed

However based on the YA that was popular when I was in HS this one note-ness is par for the course tbh. In other books, the MC's one character trait is being so kind and pure that she could heal every emotionally stunted boy's heart in a 50mi radius, in this book Zetian's character trait is being angry as hell

and murder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Rape

lecta's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I support women's rights but most importantly I support women's wrongs. Also polyam instead of a love triangle <3

however i think the writing is lacking and the world and character building just wasn't there esspecially i think the romace wasn't well developed. also it was marketed as a feminist read, which I don't really agree with. it kinda felt like a violent and shallow form of feminism to me. for example our fmc talks about how women annoy her and how much she hates being a women also all the other female characters either dies or like misogynistic so i think it could have been better in those aspects. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lilithall's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book perfectly encapsulates the black and white sense of justice and right and wrong 19 year olds feel. It ignores the larger impacts and influences of the problems the protag wants to solve and rapidly spins into chaos in the name of solving the wrong root problem. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kevin_the_intern's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical trauma, and War

ireadqueerbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

emilysreadingbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Rape

kitheminges's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Rape