Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Damage by Caitlin Wahrer

6 reviews

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

pollyhall's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

neniacorcoran's review against another edition

emotional 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: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

greatestheights's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

4 solid stars for this beautiful work. I loved so much about this book, primarily the focus on brotherhood, family, and healing in the wake of great trauma and pain.

It's also so important to talk about male victims of sexual assault, and the author did so compassionately and honestly. I don't have a brother but I'm an older sibling, like Tony, and a fixer, too. I deeply identified with his rage and his grief. 

I also identified with Julia's fear and desperation to save her family, and perhaps most importantly, Nick's coping mechanisms and desire to escape his victimhood.

Also, I really enjoyed having characters to love and root for after a few books without any trace of that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

soobooksalot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Amidst the trauma of a horrible sexual assault lies a mystery in The Damage.
 Twenty-year-old Nick Hall is the younger brother of Tony, with 17 years difference between them. Coming from unstable households, Tony has always been Nick's protector. 
 Nick was violently raped after meeting "Josh" in a pub. Tony and former prosecutor wife Julia can't erase the trauma. Knowing the realities of rape cases going unsolved or unconvicted, Nick's family struggles with how best to support him, and enable justice. 
 This carefully-crafted story takes on much of the spectrum experienced after an assault - the range of emotions, the physical injuries, the system in place to ideally identify, charge and convict. And the flaws of the system, often damaging in itself to the already-injured.
 The Damage is told in differing timelines through the characters of Nick, Tony, Julia and investigator John Rice.
 This reads as so much more than a debut novel and I look forward to reading more from author Caitlin Wahrer.
 Recommended!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail