Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

106 reviews

madinhoa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Classism, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

christinereads1823's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

Expertly crafted and deliciously tense. Alex Stern has teeth, and she's not afraid to use them.  The worldbuilding slots perfectly into real New Haven history, a wonderful mix of ordinary problems and magical interference. Bardugo is a master of her craft, and I cannot wait to read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Rape, Violence, Death, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Vomit

Moderate: Gore, Drug use, Excrement, Addiction, and Blood

micklesreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

Loved this. Multiple twists, complex characters and plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Sexual assault, Rape, and Medical trauma

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Addiction, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Racism, Suicide, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Cursing

Minor: Bullying, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

whiterabbit_metta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This is a fantastic book. While it is often heavy and hard topics, it is well done. I'm glad I read it and will read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Blood, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment

ladylothlorien's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Oh my I really enjoyed this book. Just exactly my cup of tea. So many trigger/content warnings are needed and I am very glad I got one of them before getting to that part of the book so look them up if you are at all sensitive. I really enjoyed the way my theories and ideas kept being subverted without it being unearned. Things that seemed out of place did turn out to be relevant even if not in the ways I thought. It’s also clear how much research the author did about Yale and the societies (although she did go to Yale so maybe she has more firsthand experience than she is letting on 😁) but I have to admit the details about where things are and the architecture were somewhat lost on me. I’ve been avoiding the author a bit because sometimes very popular authors are not my cup of tea but I’m sold on her. I am definitely going to be reading everything by her now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, Blood, and Murder

There is one main scene with a sexual assault involving a 12 year old child. It is pretty graphic but not very long. The scene is also remembered later in somewhat vivid terms. There is also a video of another sexual assault where a college woman is drugged and she performs a sex act. It’s not described in detail but it could be triggering. Also the rituals performed by some of the houses are kind of medical trauma and body horror-esque. If you’re squeamish it might be a lot. There is also some body possession content and some of it is of dubious consent (or no consent). It’s not entirely played as a metaphor for sexual assault but it may be triggering for some.

dwhiting's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Medical trauma

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Alcohol, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Violence

mae_dexter_author's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Murder, Medical content, Drug use, Vomit, and Death

tara_valeria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

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