Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

21 reviews

pkc's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

A queer take on a post apocalyptic narrative. I was so enamoured by this book. The characters were beautifully formed, the romance was a tantalising slow burn and so achingly tender. Enough plot to keep me engaged too! I just wish there had been some more resolution to threads that appeared early on. I thought as well that it was particularly intriguing that this was a pandemic story that referenced Covid but didn’t rely too heavily on it. It framed Covid in a more hopefully light merely by including it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Child death, Gaslighting, Medical content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Violence, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Gun violence, and Death of parent

applejacksbooks's review

dark funny tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

I really enjoyed the audiobook and I'm happy I went that route. I don't think I would have enjoyed this as much if i had read a physical copy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Blood, and Homophobia

jbt1234's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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: Gun violence, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror, Medical content, Blood, Homophobia, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexism and Vomit

waveycowpar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This was a great post apocalyptic book. Jamie and Andrew are very lovable characters. The pace of the book is super slow even in a post covid-type illness kills everyone world and the southern USA stays bad even after 87% of the world’s population dies. 100% worth a read. I hope there’s a sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Death of parent, Murder, Medical trauma, Biphobia, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Hate crime, Medical content, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

j3sslou_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Terminal illness, Murder, and Violence

rowan_jess's review

adventurous funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Very sweet whilst also quite grim yet relevant at points. Andrew and Jamie are great narrators and whilst I wished we had spent more time on certain feelings and histories, and less repeating of already stated or implied descriptions and such,  I still found it a very entertaining  and refreshingly earnest read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Homophobia

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Racism, Vomit, and Misogyny

Really still appropriate for teens, just post-apocolyptic from a pandemic and includes power hungry bigots at points. So long as they've had talks about/understand death and discrimination in the real world, and don't have sensitivity to pandemic-related trauma, it should be okay. Uplifting overall in spite of this.

lotte5322's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical trauma, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Religious bigotry, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Death of parent, Gore, Child death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

davidbythebay's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

I was skeptical, to say the least. I worried that I couldn't handle a dystopian world post-pandemic from an incredibly deadly flu. I waited to read this until I was able to better handle that because I was unsure how I would react to a post-pandemic dystopia. To be honest, I never once thought of COVID-19 as I tore through this book like a hot knife through butter.

I was kept guessing from page 1 about what was going to happen next. Some things did happen as I hoped/predicted, even if not in the way I originally thought. Other things came out of nowhere. No matter what, it was intense in all the best ways. I legitimately YELLED at the book at one point - no spoilers! - and pleaded with the author as though I was Annie Wilkes in Misery. Had things not gone to my satisfaction, I don't know if I wouldn't have gone full Wilkes. Thankfully, things worked out better than I could have hoped. 

The pacing of the book made me hesitant a good amount of the time. It flew by to the point where what I thought the ending was going to be would have occurred only 50% of the way through the book. Yup. I was convinced that the story arch was one particular thing and that it was being resolved at 50%. I was pleased to see that there was some legs to the second half of the book - and I do mean a nice set of legs. It was almost like this was two books combined into one in that there were almost two different plots that were seamlessly and masterfully stitched together. Brown's book doesn't feel like two books smashed together. At the 50% mark I started wondering where we were going to go next. The second half naturally came out of the first half and transitioned smoothly.

Brown skillfully maintained the tension and begged the reader to turn the page. There was not a stray word nor a stray moment in this piece. I have to say, this was a masterful M-M Romance. Hope and the discovery of what love and what makes a home is the center of this novel. I have discovered a new book that I have fallen in love with. I hope that this author, whom I now adore immensely, will write again in the future. Whether it be in this universe or another, I want to see more from Erik J. Brown! 

WARNINGS: Be of the mindset that you can handle discussions of a deadly super flu, detailed descriptions of illness and deaths, violence, some gore, death of family and loved ones, homophobia, and medical discussions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Misogyny, Homophobia, Gun violence, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Terminal illness, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Suicide

royr__'s review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Overall a great book. I would say that Jamie and Andrew developed feelings for each other early on in the novel and I often felt the writing was a little bland but it was okay. I would say that Events throughout the novel occur quickly through skipping ahead a few weeks or days but I understand that the author was trying to not lengthen or extend the plot for too long. Overall, I would recommend this read if you're taking a break from a book series. The book is a good representation of the emotional effects and circumstances during a pandemic which is what we've been experiencing these past two years.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Gun violence

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Death