Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Paint It All Red by S.T. Abby

26 reviews

lara_trio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Omg the emotional roller coaster I went through while reading all 5 books was so real! 

I absolutely loved the concept of these books but beware this book is extremely dark and goes into extreme detail about rape and murder. 

Lana and Logan were so perfect for each other and the growth they both have was so amazing to read. 

The thriller aspect of the book was so well executed and the major plot twist at the end of the last book was shocking and I was in disbelief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Torture, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Death, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Child death, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, Police brutality, Grief, and Emotional abuse

autumnwitch14's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Body horror, Murder, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Police brutality, and Blood

Minor: Grief, Biphobia, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

sarah_amy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

'Horror romance. That's a genre, right?'

Engaging series and well written, but torture justice is not my kind of genre I've discovered.
As I've said throughout the series, enjoyed the criminology and the complications of the FBI & secret, wanted vigilante relationship. I liked how it had me questioning the morals and justice of the whole situation Lana was in and what really was 'right.' Good characters, though was more fond of some of the side characters such as Hadley more appealing. I wish Lana and Logan's attraction had a little more substance outside of 'I don't know why and it shouldn't work, but I'm instantly attracted to you and now we need to be together forever.' 

***MAJOR SPOILER***

Hard eyerolled at the end where Lana was given a criminal to torture once a year on her's and Logan's anniversary to 'subdue the monster within.' That just felt cheesy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Medical content, Child abuse, Cursing, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Violence, Drug abuse, Grief, Torture, Vomit, Gore, Gun violence, Bullying, Car accident, Homophobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Pedophilia

funshine3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is one of the best series ever and I couldn't put this book down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Death, Violence, Infertility, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Cursing, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Torture, and Vomit

a_libra_library's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Vomit, Confinement, Kidnapping, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Classism, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Police brutality, Rape, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Car accident, Child abuse, and Mental illness

theonewheresamreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

They’re so cute 🥰😋 *that one audio plays* WHAT MURDAH???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Outing, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Child death, Classism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Body horror, Gun violence, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Biphobia, Homophobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Vomit, Car accident, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, and Rape

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Car accident, Child death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Cursing, Death of parent, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Death

zbookishgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

SCREAMING AND KICKING MY FEET!!!!!

AHHHH THIS SERIES WAS SO FREAKING GOOD AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I FINISHED IT!!!!
I was scared, I was happy, I was sad, I cried, I laughed. I was on a rollercoaster of emotions with this series. But, was it worth it? DEFINITELY!!!!!

The fact that there was actually a story. Did this book make me question my morals? Maybe....

It is all worth it though. If you are thinking of reading this series, DON"T THINK AND JUST READ IT!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Murder, Stalking, Rape, Police brutality, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Torture, Homophobia, Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Confinement, Medical content, Outing, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Death

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This. Series. Is. So. Good! This was such a good ending to a fantastic series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Rape, Misogyny, Blood, and Grief

earth2sammi's review against another edition

4.0

Maybe THE most unhinged ending of all time and I kind of loved it. The only thing that is an issue is 1) whenever I read books like these with characters like Lana I start to feel like my trauma is so small in comparison? Which should NOT be the case because trauma should never be compared and that is not the purpose of this series but I always get worried that I’m like….not traumatized…..enough ? To be behaving the way I do. Idk. 2) this is good and bad but it does make me realize that in a romantic partner I want someone who would be outraged by my trauma. Not to the extent in this book obviously but I want someone to be on my side

Also all the content warnings for the whole series are here hehe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Infertility, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Murder, Bullying, Car accident, Rape, Gore, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence