Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

12 reviews

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

3.5

I read this series of books last year (and reviews were posted at the time), but recently found the first four were available as audiobooks as part of my Audible subscription. However, they're being removed in a couple of weeks, so I want to try and get them listened to before then! 

The audio version definitely adds a level to the story in bringing it to life, especially where you have a male narrator reading James' chapters and a female narrator reading Wendy's chapters. However, I still cannot understand why you would hire two narrators for that purpose, and then not have them speak the appropriate lines in the other person's chapter (I.e. have the male read James' speech within Wendy's chapters and vice versa). They don't do badly at putting on the opposite voices, but it just grates on my nerves!

I was less convinced by the voices/accents employed for the secondary characters - the male narrator had an especially tough job given that he's a Brit and most of the secondary characters Americans. I couldn't tell you whether the accent was right for the setting (Brit here), but it was quite harsh and didn't necessarily suit the narrators' natural tone of voice. But equally they managed to bring each character to life throughout with different voices for each and, for the most part, they didn't wander too much. 

There were a couple of places where I felt the narrators could have 'acted' a bit more to get the point across, but generally it was a very enjoyable listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Gun violence, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Bullying, Vomit, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Rape

kylasmv15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical content, Bullying, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, and Vomit

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Confinement, Misogyny, Bullying, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pregnancy

zc2's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I didn’t think I would enjoy a Disney rewrite… but i literally fell in love with this book. The plots great the smut is excellent I do recommend you read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Child abuse, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Gore, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Medical content

myinvinciblesummer's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Incest, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Cancer, Confinement, Pregnancy, Torture, Alcohol, Bullying, Medical content, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Drug abuse

wellreadjill_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Violence

jenniferlena's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

maxima5's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Torture, Gun violence, Abandonment, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Sexism, and Rape

sdemo08's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

5.0

Love the twists and little easter eggs from the original inspiration. I did not see the ending coming but that made it even better. Personally, I had a hard time with this one because I started this when I was sick and had to reread a couple chapters but other than that I enjoyed the ride. I can't wait to loop in the author's other works.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Torture, Medical content, Murder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, and Confinement