Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

11 reviews

witchwritingfanfics's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I'm oh so very confused. This book was marvellous and all but what the hell was going on in the last 100 pages.

Avery gets bombed, put into a coma, gets technically kidnapped from a hospital, survives whatever was actually wrong, then once she's fully healed, she actually gets kidnapped, nearly shot at yet again and still uncovers the mystery and saves the day all in a week. A week. I need whatever drug she was taking because jesus christ, she can't catch a damn break. This girl was just trying to live her life and now she's hella traumatise. What the hell!

I enjoyed this book more than the last. I like that

Jameson and Greyson

were more bearable this time. Last book I thought they had the personality of a wet paper towel. Anyway, good book, 4 stars, keep it up Jennifer!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Gun violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Medical trauma

There's also a few mentions of amnesia and talking with the dead throughout.

carrie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I want to reallllllly like these, but I'm only finding them mostly okay and entertaining, which is starting to annoy me. Yes, there are whiplash levels of twisty, interesting reveals, but the puzzles and clues feel kind of basic. Combined with the angsty love-triangle-ness of it all, it just feels a bit juvenile compared to other YA mysteries I've enjoyed. It's still a pretty fun ride, though, so I'm definitely go on to book 3. And Max is the best — she's with 3 stars just on her own!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

danaegg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

i was gonna give this somewhere between 4 and 5 but then so much happened in the last couple chapters it kinda felt a bit overwhelming and was a bit all over the place. i did realllyyyyyyy enjoy this tho!!! this is my favorite series i've read in a long time. again i'm always a little surprised on how heavy the romance is but honestly i think this had good moments where there was no thought of it. sometimes though i just wanna shake avery like GIRL STOP THINKING ABOUT GRAYSON OR JAMESON THIS IS NOT THE TIME 😭 something crazy related to the mystery will happen and suddenly you''ll just read one of those two names like girl 💀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

namenotimportant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

econcomics's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

I really, really liked this book. Honestly, I thought it was even better than the first! There were so many plot twists and surprises I genuinely didn't see coming. Whenever I think I have a handle on predicting what is going to happen next, I find out I was completely wrong!

Like the first book, this one stars a bunch of teens and involves k*ssing/r*mance... except it's way worse this time.... I would've made this book 5 stars but because of this one scene I found to be especially gross, on top of being unnecessary (didn't contribute to the plot at all...), I really had to dock the entire book. (BTW, I'm 23.) Again, this didn't contribute to the plot but this scene was

a bunch of the main characters--some minors, some NOT--taking their clothes off for a game (some down to their und*rwear, and it really seemed so random/ stuck out/ forced/ in contrast to the rest of the book!) </spoiler> because it served NO PURPOSE AND WAS SO WEIRD AND MADE ME SO UNCOMFORTABLE/WANT TO THR*W UP AND AHHHH!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Alcohol

emmac005's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

2.0

I still had the same problems with this book as I did with the first book in the series, The Inheritance Games, with the characters and the writing. Avery was annoying and really didn’t have any personality or defining traits. Other characters had the same problem too, or they just had one personality trait, like Max being nerdy or Libby being protective of her sister. The writing was still a bit cringey but I still found the book fun to read. The reason why I have rated this 2 stars instead of 3 is because of the love triangle. For most of the book, Avery is just wondering who she is going to choose, Jameson or Grayson, and it is quite predictable who she chose at the end of the book. This took away from the mystery which was quite interesting and made the book less fast paced. Another problem with this book was the ending, which was completely ridiculous, silly (pretty much all the plot twists were thrown in in the last 20% of the book), and rushed, and very minor characters in the book were suddenly very important. However, I still had fun reading the book, so it was a quick, fun read, but certainly not a quality one. I will read the sequel to see how everything ends, and hopefully it will wrap things up better than this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

kaitlyncalkin's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

The first book was good- but this one is like next-level good 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.5

I enjoyed this one but not as much as the 1st book in the series.  That's not unusual for the second in a trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail