Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

17 reviews

simbkyr's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Car accident, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Murder, Vomit, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

slightlylostwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Drug use, Addiction, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, and Self harm

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

bookskassadie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

As a fierce man-hating lesbian, I go into any and all books already counting the flaws of the male characters to see if they are worth the time the author spends curating them. In The Raven King, my count came back astronomically high. Every single man- NO, every single character (save Renee) has their flaws and their issues but none of them more prevalent than fucking Riko Moriyama. The storyline for this book carried out beautifully and I loved watching the transitions between characters as they grew closer through Neil’s inevitable force shut down. However, the characters drove me wild and I would ring their necks if they were real people and I didn’t think they would be able to k!ll me. Like my last review, or rant if you will, I recommend this book but please read the trigger warnings first! There is a larger than necessary amount of problematic shit that goes down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Cursing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Grief, Death of parent, and Body shaming

Minor: Deadnaming and Suicide

lizardteeth's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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

3.5

• My review is for all three books
• The series is wonderful yet Sakavic found a way to ruin it every time it began to shine. From the unneeded
  Spoiler

  sex
  scenes-which frankly felt forced and were included for the sake of fanservice, entire lulls in between rushed arcs, to the edgy, dramatic, and repetitive situations all come off as above average quality Wattpad mafia fanfics. That being said Sakavic still had me wanting to find out what happened to the characters despite my aversion to sport themed content normally. Finally, the ending felt entirely too rushed and highlighted how Sakavic uses trauma as a romance plot rather than the seriousness it should have been dealt with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Murder, Mental illness, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Torture, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Gun violence

fa1ryts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Bullying, Gore, Hate crime, Stalking, Sexual assault, Cursing, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

wooflen's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Cursing, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

sabinehunter's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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: Alcohol, Blood, Sexual violence, Torture, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization

evicteline's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Drug use, Alcohol, and Addiction

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, and Religious bigotry

bigpenis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense 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: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Torture, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Murder, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark 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

Read For:

Good Humor

Chaotic Gays

Found Family

Fictional Sport

Hurt/Comfort… Mostly Hurt

Ugh, the relationships in this book really develop so much and it’s so good.  The plot really comes to life, problem after problem shows up and Neil is just stupidly there.

I used to not like this book as much as the other two, the angst was just too much but after so, so, so, many re-reads I love seeing how the characters develop, how the relationships build, platonic and romantic, Neil shares more, learns more about Andrew and it’s actually written really well.

Plus it’s super funny to re-read this and see just how much of a simp Andrew Minyard is for Neil so early on.  It’s something I don’t remember noticing through my first read but no I can’t unnoticed it.  Neil just being like, “I just asked.” the whole time.  Meanwhile, the foxes are just staring at him horrified Andrew didn’t kill him yet.

The end with Wymack picking Neil up at the airport after Christmas gets me every time, the emotional damage, the wholesomeness of David Wymack doing everything for his Foxes.  So good and so damn depressing all at once.  Pain and suffering but also iconic quotes and laughing at a short little blond man with knives simping for a pathological lair who is very much not “fine” at any point in his life.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5/5)

Release Date: 10, July 2013

POV: Third Person

Spice: n/a

Rep: Demisexual (MC), Gay characters, Mental Illness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Cursing, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Gore, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Self harm, and Pedophilia