Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

24 reviews

moondaisyy's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Violence

raven_readss's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

“Killer,Violent, Ruthless, all those and more that was who she was now”

Juliette Cai and Roma Montagov are of rival gangs and were once lovers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Body horror

dianaschmidty's review

adventurous challenging dark funny informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Death, Gore, Blood, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, War, Death of parent, and Drug use

laurajeangrace's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Violence, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Blood, and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Transphobia, and Death of parent

mattiedancer's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Writing: 5⭐️/5 

The writing is both natural and elegant, making the most violent of scenes read smoothly and cleanly. I really enjoyed how the writing read, both technically and artistically. 

Characters: 5⭐️/5

The characters are based on “Romeo and Juliet,” so, while she pays homage to these original characters in her retelling, Gong manages to make each one feel new. Juliette – unlike her Shakespearan counterpart – is largely independent and unreserved, constantly questioning her father, making demands of her family, and challenging established systems. Roma, based on Romeo, shares his namesake’s penchant for sensitivity and eloquence. The secondary characters used their shared traits to their advantage, gaining more characterization through their connections rather than less. 

Plot: 5⭐️/5 

Again, it’s a sort of retelling, so the plot points are predetermined, and yet the ways in which Gong uses those preestablished moments to add to her unique tale is adeptly handled. I loved the nods towards the Shakespearan play – telling someone his name was Montague while undercover, the fight scene at the start where someone utters, “I don’t know what that means,” the **SPOILERS** “death” of Marshall, who is Mercutio reincarnate. All of these were heavily enjoyable but not overdone. 

Post-Reading Rating:  5⭐️/5

Amazing. Want to read it again for the first time. 

Who Should Read This? 

• Fans of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet 
• Fantasy meets mystery fans
• Readers looking for a Chinese mythology-influenced story

CW: Blood, Violence, Gun Violence, Parental abuse, death, colonisation

Final Rating: 5⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Colonisation, Gun violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

lily_kruse's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, and Gun violence

Minor: Bullying, Vomit, Suicide, and Alcohol

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, War, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Murder, Racism, Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

tinybluepixel's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Body horror, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Gore, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Drug use, and Kidnapping

persikan_05's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Racism, Blood, Body horror, Alcohol, Body shaming, Death of parent, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Vomit, Death, Drug use, and Fatphobia

eddine's review

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Sexism, and Violence