Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Night Road by Kristin Hannah

6 reviews

erica_reads_things's review

emotional funny reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

This was not my favorite Kristin Hannah book that I've read, but it was a solid "pretty okay". I really loved the story of the 3 friends far more than I enjoyed the added narrative of the mom. I really did not like or empathize with her character until the last 30 pages. The way she was set up in the first half of the book just did not bode well for me to relate or make her choices after tragedy make sense. The end was also wrapped up incredibly quickly for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Child death, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Bullying, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

happyreads's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Medical content

eliserobinsonn__'s review

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction

boba_n_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

Holy. Cow. If you haven’t read this book, don’t walk but RUN to read it. Kristin Hannah is a masterful storyteller who evokes such emotion from all of her characters that they seem to jump off the page. I loved hearing the story told from all of the main female characters’ POVs.

When Mia died, I felt so deeply for all of the characters and how they experienced her death in different ways. I can’t imagine having to pull the plug on your own child and wonder what if. The scene where they harvest her organs was probably one that gutted me the most.

Without giving too much away, the characters all cope with a major loss, and they find different ways to do so - some healthy, some not so much. They each have to find their way back to themselves and the love they once cherished. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Car accident, Confinement, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

I came to hate Jude in the middle of the book, but she really redeemed herself at the end. Grief impacts all of us in different ways, and I think I need to remember that I have no idea how I’d handle losing your twin daughter and not to judge her .. even if she is just a fictional character.

magzreadz's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Simultaneously so good and so sad. I loathed the mother, Jude, and perhaps it's because I'm not a mother, but her storyline just continuously made me angry. I wished there was more focusing on Lexi, even though her decisions made me want to scream. Kristin Hannah made me feel a whole range of emotions in less than 400 pages, as per usual.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

beetsnotbombs's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• 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: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma