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The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

26 reviews

sarahamuller1's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, and Blood

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

geb's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, and Medical content

Moderate: Self harm and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

queen_melliott's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

In the beginning, this seemed very much like Throne of Glass: A 17 YO girl being imprisoned, then catching the interest of a prince, strong hints that there may be more to the girl’s identity,

only for the very last page to reveal that she’s the long lost rebel princess with a claim to the throne

. Also, prisoners working as slaves in the mines, even the map looked quite similar to eastern Erilea where ToG is set… Honestly, the similarities had me expecting a cheap ToG fanfic, so I didn’t have high hopes at first. Luckily, I ended up loving it. 
It’s funny how sometimes I cannot warm up to the characters throughout the whole book and don’t care if they live or die. And then other times, as it was with The Prison Healer, I am so invested in the characters from the getgo. Kiva, Jaren, Naari, Tipp, Mot, I just loved them all. Watching their bonds grow stronger over time, watching their banter, growing trust and support of one another made me grow ever fonder of them. It all felt very realistic for the setting. Also, the romance was built up slowly despite the initial spark between Kiva and Jaren, which I was very relieved about. An insta-love-y romance might have ruined it for me. 
Another thing that was developed slowly and tastefully was the world building. It was continuously woven throughout the story and felt organic. 
The story orders never got repetitive or boring, despite being set in only one place for 500 pages (in German). There was a lot going on with the friendships, romance, trials, the rebel Queen’s mysterious illness, the plague and overall dynamic at the prison. However, all the stories were woven together organically and made sense, so it never felt like there was too much going on all at once. 
One aspect I do have to complain about was the extremely foreseeable plot twists. It’s also not too difficult to imagine where the story might go, but I still can’t wait to get my hands on the sequels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

hopefullreads's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

hollybollybingbong's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Okay, so, I loved this book so much, I sped through it in one day. I loved the whole idea of it, and the inclusion of the secret codes was very cool. I loved the characters, Tipp is so amazing. Kiva, god, I don't know how she handled that for 10 years. And there were so many twists and turns that I did not see coming at all. 

The language at times felt quite repetitive, and the trials were a bit of a let down to be honest, but I very much enjoyed reading it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Suicide attempt

charlottea295's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

sankta_aleena's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Pregnancy

gabbyjc's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

It was kind of hard for me to get into the book at the beginning because it was just a lot of background and not but interesting things going on. Towards the end, however, it got more interesting and has me thinking about buying the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Self harm and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

anna_lmh's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

4.5

I did not know too much going into ‚the prison healer‘ but I was captures from the beginning. Kiva the strong female protagonist who survived for ten years against all odds and stayed a loving person. As the book goes on, the pkot thickens and tension arises. While the book is a bit slow in the middle, the oace quickly catches up again. The plot follows that of a classic fantasy story I would say and it is beautifully written. Even though I had a felling about Kiva‘s true personality, the last lines had me shook. I am thrilled for the sequels and look forward to reading Jaren‘s and Kiva‘s story, whether it is that of a classical fantasy novel or not. Highly recommend to any fantasy lover. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and War

tkatt20's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

A warning for anyone looking to read this: this is a very trigger heavy book, if there are sensitive topics that you need to avoid i would probably avoid this one since pertty much everything is brought up at least once. Please check content warnings before reading. 

Im kind of lost on what I feel about this book. It was good, but I tend to be a detective when reading, so I was searching for every plot twist and I solved 90% of this book within the first 50 or so pages. That didn't ruin my enjoyment of the book, it just made it seem very slow paced for me when I usually like quicker fantasy novels. The premise and the storyline was very interesting, I lost a little on the world building, but considering the entire book is set in a prison that the MC arrived at when she was 7, it kind of makes sense. The characters were interesting enough to hold my attention, and for being only 17, the MC was very mature and resourceful. I would have loved to see more of the side characters and some of the little details of the Prison more fleshed out but it was alright. Everything was mostly saved by the ending in my opinion.
    If you're the type of person who doesn't search for plot twists and just wants a fun and quick read then this would be perfect for you. This checks off all the boxes of a basic YA fantasy and it was definitely worth the time. The ending was amazing and I hope the next one does more in terms of world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Physical abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, and Sexism