Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

1st to Die by James Patterson

5 reviews

vj_thompson's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I bought this book at a thrift store on a whim because I wanted to read one of James Patterson’s MANY published books. I know I will not be continuing the series because the reviews state that the plots are similar. I think reading the first in the series is good enough for me.

1st To Die was good thriller. The chapters were short and left on some sort of cliff hanger or made me want to keep reading. There were two plots we were following, the killer and Lyndsey dealing with a terminal illness. I loved the strong girlhood group and how they were made up of strong females character either breaking into a field filled with men or trying to get a promotion.

I will say I didn’t care for the ending BUT it had me sweating because of how intense it was. I also think the epilogue was not necessary. ALSO, the person who died at the end…terrible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Gun violence, Medical content, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Cursing, and Abandonment

Minor: Self harm

lovejasmine's review

I'm just .... Not sure he had ever met a woman at the point of writing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Blood, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Medical content

jenw's review

Brutal sexual assault, sex scenes, profanity, serial killer

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Excrement

mostpeoplecallmemilo's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Definitely not the best of the Women’s murder club series but also not the worst. Luckily it’s fast paced and a quick read. The plot twists are kinda messy not gonna lie but this does make it more unpredictable. 

Side note: Personally I thought the suicidal scenes were a bit too much and unnecessary almost…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Self harm

Minor: Rape and Murder

lumpyspaceprincess's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Self harm