Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Dreadnought by April Daniels

9 reviews

shae_purcell's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Transphobia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Violence, Vomit, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Fatphobia, Genocide, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Genocide, Self harm, Slavery, Vomit, and Gaslighting

brassmonkey's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.25

Not good. Also kind of insane that a book that looks and reads like it was written for middle schoolers says tranny so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Transphobia, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

overbooked207's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

📖 Dreadnought & Sovereign by April Daniels Book Review 📖

3rd and 4th books of August 2022 and 20th and 21st of the year:

“I see a world that is terrified of me. Terrified of someone who would reject manhood. Terrified of a girl who knows who she is and what she's capable of. They are small, and they are weak, and they will not hurt me ever again.” - April Daniels.

These books have fantastic trans, lesbian, queer, abuse survivor, mental health/illness, anxiety, PTSD, and more representation, great writing and world-building, and inventive, well-written, and brutal action/fight scenes! If there’s anything I love in books, it’s complex characters, and this series' main character, Danny, is an especially amazing and complex character. The book showcases her bravery, power, resilience, anger, strengths, weaknesses, and everything in between in such a good way, and the characters felt so real. I liked the second book even more than the first, and I definitely recommend picking these up, especially if you love superhero movies or shows like The Boys, Invincible, Umbrella Academy, etc.! 

TWs for Dreadnought: transphobia, slurs, homophobia, deadnaming, misgendering, misogyny, medical content, violence, parental/domestic/child abuse, homelessness/being kicked out of the house for being trans/queer, anxiety, death, dysphoria, cursing, bullying, blood, body horror, alcohol, alcoholism, self-image issues/negative internal voice, PTSD, sexual harassment, toxic friendship, and description of injuries.

TWs for Sovereign: transphobia, slurs, homophobia, alcoholism, self-harm, deadnaming, misgendering, misogyny, misandry, medical content/trauma, violence, vomit, abuse, cursing, bullying, blood, body horror, alcohol, alcoholism, homelessness, ableism, kidnapping, torture, imprisonment, anxiety, self-image issues/negative internal voice, PTSD, mass death, and description of injuries📚🎧🦸‍♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

wynterwonderland's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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: Body horror, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Sexual harassment

jammytots's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

3.75

I loved the trans representation and conversations had. Superheroes aren't really my thing, and this was my first superhero book. If the book was about something different, it'd probably be 5 stars! But it's just not for me. If it is, I'm sure you'd absolutely love it. I will probably read the sequel. The audiobook was great, the characters were all interesting, I teared up at one part. Definitely a little triggering as a trans reader, but not enough to put me off. Overall a really good read, just not 100% my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

forlorn_traveller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Graphic: Torture, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexism

puddinghead16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

I'm so happy for the trans girls who get to grow up with this kind of Y/A fiction, reading Dreadnought in my early 20s was still enjoyable but the whole time I was thinking about how much I would have loved it as a teenager. I don't normally vibe with superhero fiction but this had a unique enough spin to hold my attention, I especially liked how the writer doesn't shy away from the emotional struggle Danny deals with in addition to the happier parts of the story. There was some whiplash, when in one chapter you'd read about Danny's father being seriously transphobic followed immediately by a heroic scene where she saves a plane from crashing, along with some other parts in that vein, but overall it worked. Will definitely be checking out the sequel some time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Cancer

avalonroselin's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Gore and Medical trauma