Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Különlegesek by Scott Westerfeld

11 reviews

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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: Violence and Self harm

Moderate: War, Medical content, Death, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent

beltari's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I felt like nothing happened.

It was the second book all over, but Tally is now special instead of pretty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Body shaming, Police brutality, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Violence, Child death, Drug use, and War

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Kidnapping

the_wistful_word_witch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

HOLY NEW SMOKE! This third book in the series is wilder than the tribes being studied in book 2! I thoroughly enjoyed it and feel like it's the best one of the series (so far). 

**SPOILERS AHEAD**

I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed with how things started out in this book, but Westerfeld really pulled through and gave us a great ending. And while some of the things that happened towards the end were sad (RIP ZANE 😢), I think that was the only catalyst that would have worked to get Tally back on the track she really needs to be on. And I like knowing she's out there, guarding against a regression while still allowing people to really be free. 

I'm looking forward to the final book AND the spin-off series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Medical content, War, and Medical trauma

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Violence, Self harm, Ableism, Medical content, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death, Terminal illness, War, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Body horror, and Classism

Moderate: Blood and Addiction

Minor: Alcohol

cow_inthe_closet's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, and Confinement

Moderate: War, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

larvapuppy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Grief, Police brutality, Violence, and War

Minor: Body shaming

goldsbuc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Body horror, Medical trauma, Confinement, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Death

madmantha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I’m so glad I decided to re-read this series. I’m so thankful for the experience of getting to share it with my partner. 

It’s such an inspiring read for 2022. I’m shocked at how timeless the story feels but yet at the same time so relevant to nearly everything going on today. 
Climate change, capitalism, bodily autonomy, gaslighting/abuse, mental illness (especially due to unstable political environment), prejudice, and so much more. 

I’m still convinced Westerfeld knew that Tally and Shay’s relationship leans very heavily in a queer direction. I really REALLY hope they make the screen adaptation more inclusive of queer and other marginalized identities. And thoughtfully, not just for “woke points”. 

Besides some ableist language throughout the first three books and those couple slur slip ups in the second book, this is definitely still one of my favorite series of all time. 

So much fun to read, can’t wait to re-read Extras and then to move on to the new material. 🤗

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria and Self harm

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Self harm, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, Ableism, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

shybookstagramer's review against another edition

3.0

 I started this book back in 2017 and ended up DNFing it because it no longer interested me and didn't live up to the hype of the first book. I was irritated by the cutters and other parts of the story which I don't want to talk about because of spoilers.
I personally felt like the story should have been told in 1st person, as I would sometimes forget that it was supposed to be in 3rd and then I'd get jarred back into that. That is completely my own problem and probably won't be an issue for other readers.
I ended up giving this book another shot because my friend is reading the series now and wanted me to try again so she could talk to me.
In the end, I am glad that I gave it another shot because it did get more interesting and entertaining. After all these years I'm just happy to say that I was able to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Medical content, and Ableism

crybabybea's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror, Ableism, and Death