Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

A Court of Thorns and Roses (Parts 1 & 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

37 reviews

ekcd_'s review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.0

This is a very mixed review - I started it as a hate read, so I could properly roast it. But I wound up devouring the book, really. It is essentially beauty and the beast meets twilight, with a double scoop of toxic relationships on top. 

The MC is incredibly bland and at first none of the plot or relationships made any sense. I had a LOT of eye rolling and it wasn't until the end that I realized that MC is bland for a REASON. Having  a blank canvas character allows the reader to project themselves into the story more easily...which is probably why people like it so much. Yearning, romance, sex - its all much more fun when you can imagine your self as the recipient. 

And for that the book did its job. Its a wonderful YA y/n self insert self indulgent book. The spice level is pretty low - the 1.5 scenes were short, laced with metaphors and not particularly racy. But I come from the land AO3. 

The plot was kind of weird, especially the last third with the trials. It seems the second and third books are better BUT i will not be reading them because there are more compelling love stories with muh better sex, slow burn and enemies to lovers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kathrynreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.0

It’s okay but I don’t get the buzz. It was just so many awful things happening over and over. Didn’t really buy into the motivations of the FMC. Will keep going with the series but was very meh as a book to me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

There’s a lot of abuse of the FMC and graphic descriptions of violence

pjbu's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Loved this book. Intro to fantasy. VERY violent. I’d prefer less violence and no more torture please. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

porcupine_girl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Cursing

azurelunatic's review against another edition

Finished chapter 39 and further via recap because I was not equal to enduring another one of those torture scenes via audio book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

My hopes of a Tam Lin and Beauty and the Beast fusion were largely unrealized

inthemoonforcheese's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

phiagrace97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I get the hype. Read this in about 3 days. While the writing wasn’t necessarily the strongest the plot and the characters were so compelling. 

This is an especially great book if you’re looking to get into fantasy . While the world is complex with lots of characters, you’re really eased into the Prythian with Sarah holding your hand a bit a long the way. As a big fantasy reader, I found this a tad patronizing at times, but overall it made this a much easier and fun read. 

I really connected with Freye and her mix of soft and hard, and I’m so glad the damsel in distress trope wasn’t leaned on in this first book.

Literally cannot wait to start the next. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Abandonment

lizzye33's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

nkmustdie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

eviemayhem's review

With all the hype around these books, I really wanted to like them. For me, the character development seems only skin-deep and is only ever improved to move forward a toxic romance. There's so many violent things that only exist to traumatize the main characters, questionable sex scenes in even more questionable scenarios, and even with the dramatic audio I just could not get invested. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail