Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Drift by C.J. Tudor

15 reviews

kthrasher's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

georgie_kc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

k_a_t_y's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death and Cursing

Minor: Animal death, Racism, and Vomit

thursdd4y's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

chainsawheartbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

Damn! There’s more twists and turns in this than a goddamn maze, and I loved it! 

The story is separated into three different narratives and all of them have different strengths, and sometimes weaknesses. But even when I was less fussed about that particular narrative I still wanted to keep reading to find out what happened. 

This book isn’t a typical dystopian horror, there’s so much to it, and although a part of me suspected certain things, I still had way more questions than answers until the end. 

I never expected to get through this as fast as I did, but I just couldn’t put it down. 

Perfect for a blustering, cold winter night, when the wind is whistling and you just can’t seem to shift that chill in your bones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

mtnest's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

samburkhouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder, Excrement, and Vomit

zosiablue's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This started out with a bang - three parallel stories taking place during an unnamed, zombie-like pandemic. One of the stories involved a group trapped on one of those high-ass ski mountain cable cars (NIGHTMARE). And then about 75% through, there's a thrilling twist I didn't see coming. But the rest was kind of boring! Instead of focusing on the good bones of the story, there was a lot of interpersonal drama and pages and pages of people trying to escape from things. Loved the world building, but the rest fell fla

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pregnancy

katiecat22's review against another edition

4.0

This is a very fast-paced horror/thriller set in an apocalyptic world ravaged by a virus. The multiple POVs kept the story moving very quickly and every chapter ends in a way that makes you want to keep reading. The wrap-up is very smart and you do have to pay attention to the details, but I didn’t see the end twists coming at all. There are some scenes in here that are extremely graphic and difficult to read. You could skim over the gore and death scenes and still get it. I would say I enjoyed the wrap up of this one more than The Burning Girls, and I’ll read her next one, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail