Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Dark Age by Pierce Brown

5 reviews

ember17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a long time coming. I put off reading this book for so long. Finally, I have conquered it. And it certainly lived up to its name. This book was dark. It was sad. It was miserable. There were hardly any happy scenes. This book was war and death and slaughter and more war and murder and more death. It was not enjoyable, but at the same time it was so compelling. That’s the thing about Pierce Brown. These books aren’t happy, but they suck you in. The characters are such geniuses in some senses, and so lacking in other areas. All of our characters have their biases and are utterly convinced of their own righteousness. It’s fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

kaylak58's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

This book was BRUTAL. Not just because just about everything that could go wrong did. Not just because our heroes were backed into all corners. But because the author thought it would be cute to kill every third character 😭 I feel like I’ve lost so much of my heart. But I must see this series through because it couldn’t have all been for nothing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Outing

Minor: Addiction

walenchao's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

The darkest chapter yet of the red rising sequel trilogy - the Lysander chapters tend to drag a bit, and the non-stop existential brooding of Darrow can grind things to a halt. Ephraim’s story continues to be the most engaging of the sequel series, and Lyria get a lot of character growth that helps make what would otherwise be an annoying plucky “resistance” nu Star Wars character a much more interesting and fascinating experience.

Victra is easily a standout - something about her haughty, better-than-you tone just works, and she’s a far better POV character to have as a grown adult than she would have been in the previous books. 

The darkness is grim and the grimness is dark, but it looks like we’re seeing the end of the tunnel with this space opera of a story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

kaseyzeller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism