Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards

15 reviews

peeshpish's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.0

i hated this book but i read the whole thing just to see how it ended so i guess it isnt a zero

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

shmayjoy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This novel reminds me of every awful time I've ever had to sleep under a charging station in an airport. If, like past me and a million other traveling students, you have ever had to face the usual miserable "delayed due to a blizzard" winter break lay overs, you can easily slide into the protagonist's shoes...even if you would never accept the ride she decided on.
Five Perfect Strangers takes an ordinary teen who needs to get home to her mom for the holidays, and the four college students heading the same direction. Richards throws us into the back roads of Pennsylvania to remind us not to trust a person solely by their appearance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

This was alright, and I was not sure how the ending would turn out. Major question though -

what happened with MC's parents, and why such a secret?? I thought he did something heinous!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying and Confinement

Minor: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Medical content

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

simp4sneks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

astralfeline's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

yikes_bee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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

3.0

Honestly it’s an okay book. The premise of the book is amazing, it’s just not played out in the best way possible. Like the ending leaves some unanswered questions & it felt too abrupt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

morganperks's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

lots of things don't add up.

still don't get how that one hitchhiker kept finding them. where was Josh hiding their stuff? and whatever happened to the kid they ran over? like I'm sure the dad is itching to kill them all...ya know? for revenge. are they not charged with attempted murder or theft at least? did Josh know the flights were going to be canceled?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, and Alcohol

kstericker's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse

little_water_droplet's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

We aren't going to talk about this because jfc

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Body horror, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Vomit