Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Treatment by Suzanne Young

4 reviews

rainbowbean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Same as book 1 - I could not put this down as I was deeply invested in the characters and story. 

I was left with a few questions about world building as it pertained to the story that didn't make sense to me such as: with everything they knew how did the program come into play without consent of everyone if it wasnt run by the government? What the heck is QuickDeath and why is it even sold, and sold to minors at that? If adults don't use it why have it all? Wouldn't removing it from shelves have been step one in the epidemic? This piece just seemed so loose it bothered me. The lack of clarity surrounding if this was an actual disease (dark eyes, drawing spirals) or a copy cat effect really bugs me in relation to the topic.

HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY trigger warning on the subject matter of this series as it covers Suicide, death, sexual assault, loss of children/parents, etc. This is by no means a light read. I don't think the topics were handled with quite enough care but I do think the story is a cautionary tale about solving mental health issues and the stigmas associated with them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

taylorroseship's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

andrea_thehun's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

sandy_21's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

1.0

There was so much wrong with this book. Why oh why is the author so bad at explaining anything? It's like she just throws things in for plot with no care how they all fit together or make sense.

It felt like the rebels didn't do anything except provide cash for Sloane and James to hide. We never really heard about them doing anything rebellious or in general. The leader was on her phone doing “stuff” all the time. Did we ever find out said stuff? Nope, of course not! Because why would we?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Mental illness

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicide attempt