Reviews tagging Medical trauma

It Ends with Us, by Colleen Hoover

94 reviews

its_van_vulpen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

megan_78's review

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Injury/injury detail

livruther's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

this book is definitely powerful, and it is very hard to read. i did love it, and the author’s note was beautiful. there were just a few nit picky things i didnt like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Medical content, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Infertility, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

mmalone's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Rape

umarshahzad's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Spoiler

it baffles me how CoHo comes out with a banger every single time. From the start we are gripped with Lily Bloom’s life as she attempts suicide but when she sees a man name RYLE she sees all good in him. But constantly we see throughout the book how he abuses her, and then apologises for it. He is a violent character and this mirrors towards the author’s mother who and to go through the same trauma with Colleen’s father. It also deals with a lot of heavy and violent themes such as gaslighting, trauma, sexual violence and abuse. Ryle is the primary antagonist and we often see him and his flaws which make up for him being so violent towards Lily. We also have Lil’s childhood friend/boyfriend Atlas who is Lily’s hope towards the future but they drift apart after she moved to Boston. She is married with Ryle but often reminisces about her time with Atlas showing us how she is a character that often reflects on her good times. A huge motif throughout It Ends With Us is the form of abuse. We see it in the book with Lily’s father raping her mother, and we see it being symmetrical towards Lily and Ryle’s toxic relationship. Other than that I rated this a 5.5 stars and it definitely is an emotional book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Rape, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

aseel_reads's review

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

i liked how to ended between the two main characters, but there were several questionnable choices made (about the title of the book...) and definitely not a fun read as an audiobook... 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

siennakt30's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Classism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Injury/injury detail

ptolemaea's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

jennaaaa's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Self harm, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Cursing

sarah1026's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book was so good! It gives a lot of insight into the lives of abusive relationships. It truly explores the reality of the situation. It is sad, it is funny, and angering at times but such a good read. The beginning is a little slow but so good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Child death

Minor: Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders