Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Matrimonial Advertisement by Mimi Matthews

4 reviews

katievallin's review

emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Medical trauma, Sexism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Classism, War, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

crystalisreading's review

emotional hopeful

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Ableism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Torture, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape, Confinement, and Stalking

goodjollymissmolly's review

emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Torture, War, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

lilacs_book_bower's review

medium-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

3.5

This book held my attention and was enjoyable, but I think it will probably be fairly forgettable.  I am sort of struggling about the rating, as there aren't major flaws, but it definitely isn't a 5 star book.  I think my main criticism is that the characters felt a bit shallow, I liked them well enough, but wasn't super drawn to them.  They had some major trauma to get over and deal with and it felt a bit like, they said, ok, I need to get over this, cool, I am over it.  It didn't feel like they were putting in the time with their issues, themselves, or to overcoming the hang ups in their relationship.  The British colonization of India is talked about (the hero was a soldier and was in India during an uprising/rebellion).  The author does have the hero say that he liked a lot of the Indian people, so there is that at least, but if you are looking for a nuanced discussion of WHY the Indian people might have been upset about the colonization, that is not found here.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Colonisation, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism