Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

12 reviews

savage_book_review's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I read this series of books last year (and reviews were posted at the time), but recently found the first four were available as audiobooks as part of my Audible subscription. However, they're being removed in a couple of weeks, so I want to try and get them listened to before then! 

The audio version definitely adds a level to the story in bringing it to life, especially where you have a male narrator reading James' chapters and a female narrator reading Wendy's chapters. However, I still cannot understand why you would hire two narrators for that purpose, and then not have them speak the appropriate lines in the other person's chapter (I.e. have the male read James' speech within Wendy's chapters and vice versa). They don't do badly at putting on the opposite voices, but it just grates on my nerves!

I was less convinced by the voices/accents employed for the secondary characters - the male narrator had an especially tough job given that he's a Brit and most of the secondary characters Americans. I couldn't tell you whether the accent was right for the setting (Brit here), but it was quite harsh and didn't necessarily suit the narrators' natural tone of voice. But equally they managed to bring each character to life throughout with different voices for each and, for the most part, they didn't wander too much. 

There were a couple of places where I felt the narrators could have 'acted' a bit more to get the point across, but generally it was a very enjoyable listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

kylasmv15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

zc2's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I didn’t think I would enjoy a Disney rewrite… but i literally fell in love with this book. The plots great the smut is excellent I do recommend you read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

myinvinciblesummer's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Torture, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

wellreadjill_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

frozen_in_fiction's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

maxima5's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

sdemo08's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

Love the twists and little easter eggs from the original inspiration. I did not see the ending coming but that made it even better. Personally, I had a hard time with this one because I started this when I was sick and had to reread a couple chapters but other than that I enjoyed the ride. I can't wait to loop in the author's other works.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail