Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Painted Scars by Neva Altaj

7 reviews

abicaro17's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I love Roman and Ninas banter omg!!! Nina, is an artist who is blackmailed into marrying the head of the Russian mafia after her father embezzled 3 million dollars. Roman, is the leader of the Russian mob who is learning how to walk after an explosion that destroyed his knee. I love this book. I was kicking my feet and giggling the whole time. My only issue is the whole "Nina is like a sprite she's so small" thing. It's weird anytime an author does this and Nina is not an exception unfortunately. Otherwise the banter, plot, and conclusion were all awesome and it was a fun read overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Body horror, Gun violence, Stalking, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body shaming, War, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Grief

tguccione's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Death

Minor: Vomit

sami_leigh's review

dark emotional funny fast-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? Yes

3.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

“What would he do with me? I’m…nobody.”
“You’re my wife. Hurting you would mean hurting me.”

“I don’t care what we agreed to. You’re mine now and I’m not letting you go.”

🗡️ First person dual POV
🗡️ First in a series that can be read as stand alone (I read book 2 first)
🗡️ Arranged marriage — blackmail to save father’s life
🗡️ Mafia romance
🗡️ Artist / mafia boss
🗡️ Age gap
🗡️ Nicknames 
🗡️ Banter 👌🏻
🗡️ Toxic family 
🗡️ Tension & spice 🥵
🗡️ Insta-love
🗡️ Protective & possessive MC 🙌🏻
🗡️ ‘My wife!’
🗡️ Well established secondary characters
🗡️ MC growth: trust, overcoming past trauma. 
🗡️ Epilogue 
🗡️ Quick read
• Issues with Nina’s family are never resolved fully — she puts her life in danger, marrying Roman, to fix his mistake.
• Third act breakup resolves quickly. Doesn’t for the severity with which the situation was presented.

⚠️ Violence (explicit), gun violence (explicit), death (explicit), torture (explicit), death of a parent (past), medical content/trauma (minor), injury/injury detail (explicit), pregnancy, drugs (minor, trafficking).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Torture

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

threeundertwopnw's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.0

A quick novella. Not really enemies to lovers, more like strangers to lovers or forced marriage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Ableism, Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident

admunro20's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

siriuslyz's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

so i dont think this book is bad, but it just, i expected more of this.
okay, the guy is like so madly in love with her and all, and it’s all rly cute. and im glad that they both have a fked mental health and insecurities. but this book was like, meh.

the writing was good. definitely. but some words were just unnecessary. like idc what a table looks like, yk? and sometimes there was no proper description at all so it was hard to imagine things.

the girl is lowkey such a y/n, with her ‘petite frame’ and her little weight (she’s barely 5ft). that threw me off a bit. and then the guy is like giant, massive. tbh i dont fk with those proportions, gives me pick me vibes.

i do love their characters though; the girl is a complete badass and the guy is like a “look at her in a wrong way and youre dead” type of guy. i know many (myself included) love that shit.

it’s not bad, it’s a great book. just wasn’t rly for me bcs it didnt rly captivate me in a way some other books do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization

bookswith_hollie's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault