Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Ruins by Scott Smith

16 reviews

rivercat0338's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Self harm, Blood, Death, Gore, and Confinement

Moderate: Excrement, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

tgaddie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Medical content, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cannibalism

doomluz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

Interesting horror novel. Really good body horror. The characters are ok.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gore, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Death

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Cannibalism

thetinybookworm's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Genuinely found this book to be horrific (quite a bit of body horror). It was also written in an interesting way as there are no chapters or sections of the book. 

While reading it, it made me feel like I was there in the jungle with the characters, experiencing the intense humidity, the dread that something is not quite right, the subtle oppressiveness of the

Spoiler

vines. We are never told what exactly the vines are or how they came to be but suffice to say, I've never been more afraid of plants than I am after reading this book 😂

Giving this a 5 ⭐ not because I found it enjoyable and would like to read it again, but because the horror is palpable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Horror Summer Camp Book Club / June Pick

The Details:
Narrated by Patrick Wilson
Unabridged 

I really wanted to take part in this group read so for the first time, I purchased more credits!

This was a fun read. Once we got into the meat of the horror, it had me in mind of the Day of the Triffids. I think I'd be interested in reading more plant based horror.

The body horror was quite grim (in a good way), but I didn't find that it made my stomach turn or had me feeling nauseated.

There were no distinct chapters, which made it hard to pause but helped to amplify the blurred lines of time as terror set in for the characters.

The characters themselves weren't very likeable but felt believable for the most part, though some feeling more 2D (or more caricatures of a person) than others. I think my favourites were Matthias and Pablo.

I don't think this will be a strong story that would be very memorable long term, for me, but it was fun for whilst I was listening, I'd recommend it to others and I'd be interested in giving the movie adaptation a go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Torture, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Gore, Gaslighting, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicide, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Grief, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Abandonment

Minor: Cannibalism

bccorrea's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

1.0

Do you like being stressed out about lost in a jungle kind of book? Oh boy do we have the book for you. The book is actually well written. But there are a lot of weird parts that made me go well I can't wait to be rid of it. I hated as a Latina reading about descriptions of Mexico from a WASP perspective. Parts of the text made me feel hated and gross. Take that as you can. The horror is there, but there is also a certain amount of inevitable predictability. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Car accident, Classism, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Suicide, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Excrement, Death, Cursing, Blood, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

traa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Body horror, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death, Medical content, Alcohol, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cannibalism, Excrement, Gun violence, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Drug use, Sexual content, and Racism

rachaeldamms's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

An excellent survival horror, creeping and sinister. The author really captures the hopelessness of the situation these characters find themselves in and spends plenty of time inside their heads as they are left alone with their thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Medical trauma

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Torture, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Death, Dysphoria, and Medical content

vgoosev's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Suicide