Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

3 reviews

max_pink's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

One of the worst feelings you can get from reading a book is feeling sleazy for engaging with it. 

Another terrible feeling is sighing at lines that try way too hard to be epic every few pages.

And fast-forwarding past footnotes that do absolutely nothing but slow the pacing to a crawl.

And being annoyed at the fetishy treatment of teenagers, lesbians, and brown people.

Did I actually like anything about this? Uh. The world is kind of interesting? I liked Carlotta. Ashlinn was okay. 

The teachers sucked, though. 

Sigh. What a waste of hours. 

Solid narration by Holter Graham, however.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Sexual content, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Excrement, and Death of parent

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Blood, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, War, Sexual assault, Medical content, Sexism, Gore, Sexual harassment, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Classism, and Alcoholism

emesfiz_28's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Torture, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Vomit