Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

7 reviews

katerina_l's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dblue236's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

This was the second book I've read by this author, and I think at this point, that's enough for me to add her to my list of writers whose work I buy every time they release something new. The story here was wildly original and compelling, and while there was one small aspect of it that was predictable, for the most part I was dying to find out where it went and spent every possible spare minute reading. I absolutely loved the creativity and the richness of the characters and setting and I cannot wait to read more by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

ashlikes's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Religious bigotry

mpurdy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

I was utterly enthralled in this story. It gave me a rumpelstiltskin retelling feel. It was a page turning favorite. I fell in love with so many characters and felt there pain but at the same time grew to despise others. I gave it 4.5 because I had two unanswered questions. 

 
are her parents alive? I mean I figure they are because of how it ended but I would have liked to get the confirmation. My other question I guess is I wanted to see how Sam really grew so dark? Or was he always that way? I wanted a replay more of when he made
 his bargain with the "queen". And how absolutely messed up that he was so readily to offer his twin like wtf. Like was he just mad that his dad respected Ellerie more and that set him off?!
This isn't a spoiler but if you have read this wouldnt it have been kinda cool if Ezra the real Ezra had joined the Kindred to spare the town a little longer? I enjoyed the backstory on the first hanging in Amnity Falls not the hanging itself but how famlies have been at eachother at the start. Looping back to what the "Queen"  said about how the violence was here they just kinda helped it along.

All in all it was a great book and has become a favorite that I will cherish in my collection. I am looking forward to reading her debut novel. I really enjoyed her writing. It was the perfect amount of flowery imagery, loveable characters that were soooooo easy to connect to, and a dark fairytalk/folklore that I cannot get enough of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

krispy_reading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Intended Age Demographic: 12 - 18 (source: Kirkus Reviews)

I enjoyed this book, but the ending was definitely YA. I need to track down a similiar book but in adult. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

bogdanalovesmarigolds's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

This book was one of my favourite reads of the year. The magical realism and the atmosphere, the story, the buildup, and the overall characters… everything… were just beautiful and perfect. I loved the buildup of the plot and the overall troubles that steadily rose in the book. Whilst this is a very rich story, it is gruesome and sad at times but that only allows it to be more breathable. I loved the writing, it was like honey. The only negative is I wanted more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy