Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

4 reviews

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and War

Moderate: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

luxxltyd's review

adventurous challenging dark 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: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

fierymoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

im mesmerized i cant form a proper sentence rn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, and Colonisation

Minor: Cannibalism, Medical content, and Suicide

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This is my favorite installment in the Red Rising series so far. A lot of my previous complaints are less glaring here—the female characters are treated less like sexual objects (though, ultimately, almost every one invariably finds themselves smitten with a man and swayed by whatever he wants), the core of the book felt a lot stronger, and the stylized narration didn’t grate on me this time around. Pierce Brown’s strength certainly lies in his ability to create a sweeping, epic battlefield, with twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat. I felt myself caring for the characters and their fates more than I had before, though I will admit some of the “twists” were unfortunately over-telegraphed. If you liked the last two installments, I see no reason why you wouldn’t enjoy this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Excrement, Genocide, Kidnapping, Violence, War, Blood, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, and Confinement