Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Alas de sangre by Rebecca Yarros

84 reviews

annick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Golly. this was better than I hoped. And I had high hopes. I could see most of the twists except one. The disability representation. And the normalisation of different genders and sexualities. And using character dialogue deftly to snap back at gender tropes. All so so good 

I initally gave it 4.75* despite being  sorely tempted to give a rare 5* and then revised back to 4.75.  there were enough editing choices and typos to annoy me.  it pulls me out of this world.  And I was annoyed the pulling came also with the use of modern terms like mutually assured destruction, primary school, and the western months of the year. In a Sanderson universe we have more attention to details like that. 

 There are some flaws in the writing and plot that I’d want to change/edit which is why it would usually mean maximum rating of 4.75*. While it doesn’t meet my fierce criteria for perfect five stars,  I loved this and planned to reread it more than once and annotate it and discuss with others. so I figure those flaws aren’t material.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

elektrikstar44's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

If you are a fan of action fantasy with romance and dragons, this book is 100% for you. Very well paced, great diverse representation, and a complex range of emotions. Definitely worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

porcupine_girl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Drug use

crssmith's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and War

sugarwookiee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

court_reads_it_all's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

I was hesitant to read this book because of the hype however this has become one of my favorites. Definitely a book I would recommend to friends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

I'd seen the hype for this book and finally got around to reading it.  I loved it and can't wait to read the second book, which is already out.  If you liked the Harry Potter Series, Hunger Games, etc., this is an adult version of the genre.  The sex scenes are graphic - no innuendo here!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Murder, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

While I understand why people would enjoy this book, I am unfortunately one of the ones that couldn't turn off the feeling that I was reading a YA that was aged up to include sex.

I could not read the word badass without cringing.  The world building was positively wild.  It's in a more historical fantasy setting where they write with quills, use weapons, crossbows were a big deal, people who wield magic have access to smaller abilities like locking/unlocking doors, making mage light, etc.  There lots of wooden shit, but that also translated to having wooden exercise equipment to essential get swole in a modern fashion, rather than bodyweight exercises.  There's a brief mention right at the beginning about shoe sizes which means they have standardized them?  And the whole riders quadrant can get married before everyone else when the graduate....  At age 23?  That's early for this society?  And the focus of sexual relations was just pervasive.  The talk of raging hormones...  The convenience of fertility suppressants getting a brief mention before boning down.  Oh and gods are worshipped, but not by dragons.

There was some disability rep that I think was decent considering that it was a fantastical setting with healers, and the character didn't want to "look weak" and would refuse treatment to speed the healing process.  There was some LGBT+ rep as well, but mostly on a surface level for side characters.

Honestly, it was fine but the romance had me putting the book down regularly and made finishing this book difficult.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tootoo96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent