Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Là où les arbres rencontrent les étoiles by Glendy Vanderah

10 reviews

goldensisyphus's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

Minor: Dementia

cmm9200's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book had me crying at the end. I loved it from the first couple of pages. I felt like I was going on a rollercoaster of emotions, and the plot had me turning page after page. I had this on both digital and audible formats. When I wasn't reading, I was listening to it. Highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ka_ke's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

Where the Forest Meets the Stars is the a wonderfully safe read. If you’re in the mood for something full of hope, found family and trauma-recovery this is the book for  you! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

lorees_reading_nook's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

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

3.25

Joanna Teale is recovering from breast cancer and the death of her mother and is determined to prove that these two events have not broken her by conducting research on nesting birds in rural Illinois. It is an isolated location and her nearest neighbour is a reclusive young man named Gabriel Nash who has problems of his own. Both their solitary routines are disrupted by a mysterious girl, barefoot and covered in bruises, who claims to have been sent from the stars.

I have to admit that I feel rather ambivalent about this book. Initially I was totally invested in the story about an alien being who is sent to Earth to witness five miracles. But although the narrative initially progressed at a relatively fast pace, I thought that it got bogged down in the middle with too much repetition and the ending was rather too abrupt and a bit of an anti-climax. I was expecting magic or at least something out of the ordinary but it's not what I got.
Jo is a likable character and Gabriel grows on you but the dynamics between the two felt rather predictable and strained.  There is minimal character development and some things really jarred. A lot of the dialogue felt flat and, in the end, all the loose ends were tied up together so nicely and there were so  many happy coincidences and changes of heart, that the whole story felt rather contrived.

I have to admit that I do have rather high expectations of books these days. I want them to move me, challenge me or blow me away. This book didn't do any of these things. However it's a great book to read if you're in the mood for something light and I think that it will be appreciated much more by young adult readers or mature teenagers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Medical trauma

Minor: Animal death and Child abuse

niita's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

So its ok.... Nothing specular. I like the relationship between Jo and Ursa. Jo realized she couldn't live without her. It was sweet. I kinda wished the romance between Jo and Gabriel developed a bit more... 🤷🏾

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

martynelson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

plutotoujors's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

ashley_books_cats_judo's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent

cd87's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer and Mental illness

Minor: Ableism and Sexual content