Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

23 reviews

ladydeathnesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely love this book! It’s near perfection and it’s beautifully devastating 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

karapillar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Hate crime, Infidelity, Rape, Torture, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

apolen's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

headinthepages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this fantasy with romance. The pace was brilliant, the scene setting was great, and I loved the plot & characters.

The only reason it’s not a 5 star is that I would have loved a bit more background on the different houses & magic systems but it is in no way lacking and doesn’t confuse the story!

I love Oraya and her story, I love the enemies to lovers trope and chosen one trope too! The challenges faced by her were cruel and relentless and I loved reading about a feisty human woman fighting against the odds!

The ending was brilliant and I can’t wait to start book 2!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

zarhara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: Slavery and Alcohol

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Slavery

skillyillian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Phenomenal. Absolutely divine. I got Kindle unlimited just for this series and it's so worth it, holy shit. It was like I was reading acotar for the first time all over again, but sexy vampires in a scary competition. Like that feeling where you know you're experiencing something for the first time that you will be sad you cannot experience for the first time again later. The TENSION. the DRAMA. The FIGHT SCENES. the MAGIC. the WORLDBUILDING. The BACK TO BACK PLOT TWISTS. I fucking weep. I'm immediately jumping into Six Scorched Roses, I NEED more of this. 

My only complaint is the smut. All this insane sexual tension builds up for most of the book and then they finally boink and just. The use of "wet folds" or "slit" is a hard pass for me. Points for outright saying clit, but immediately revoked for calling a vagina a "slit" bc what the hell, that's just as bad as "gash" imho. The cave scene was divine, like kicking my feet twirling my hair giggling smiling perfection. Loved it. But they got naked and the words got weird and it was a turn off for sure. If I have to read "wet folds" in smut one more time I'm throwing myself into the wet folds of the Mariana trench istg.

But besides that, incredible. I read this in like. Two and a half days, at most three? I literally read 80% of this book in one day. So fuckin good. Five stars despite the wet folds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Torture, and Medical content

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy