Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent

3 reviews

iemilia's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

There were parts of this book I enjoyed and it was a nice fast paced read, however I expected so much more. The characters were bland and lacked depth - I didn’t really understand why Clare was so obsessed with Tabitha. 
It had an interesting premise and I was going into it  thinking it would potentially by a 5 star read but unfortunately it didn’t wow me and all in all fell a bit flat

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide

atsundarsingh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Look, this wasn't my favourite thing I've read, but it had me hooked. I needed to know what the climax would be, I wanted to know what was holding this group together, I needed to have that creepy prologue explained, and by the end, I needed to know exactly how unreliable the narrator was. I do think that the plot was winding itself along nicely and then gets weirdly fast in a way that's not in keeping with the rest of the novel about about 65-70% of the way through, but it's a debut. Not sure I'd say this is dark academia, but of course it is for about 40% of the book, a campus novel, so I guess it qualifies. Not sure I'll be recommending it, but I'll be talking about this debut, and will be curious to see what Darwent does next. 

*Thanks NetGalley for a copy in exchange for review* This novel is due out 10 Jan 2023.*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide

daisywilkes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism