Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young

11 reviews

klb77's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked this a lot! An inner child deep in my heart feels pretty powerful after the fact, definitely check content warnings to see if it’s a story for you. I’m intrigued to see where it could go from here 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Infertility

cheesy_crackers's review

dark 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? Yes

5.0

Sooooooo Good!!!!! (also Mena x Syd) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexism, Infertility, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

hannah1994's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

This book made me angry in the best way.

It touched on so many parts of our society that we ignore; women's rights, how horribly men treat women/general misogyny, the objectification of women, feeling like an outsider in your own skin, and it even had a full scene where the main character gets lobotomised (which is terrifying considering it happened not even 60 years ago.).

One thing about this book I love with my heart and soul is how Mena and her friends truly care for and love each other. In the hell that is the academy, they are like a little family and lift each other up when one of them is down. THIS IS WHAT FEMINISM IS ALL ABOUT.

the last few chapters of this book had me like: "Yaaasssss bitch!!! GIRL POWER! STICK IT TO THE EVIL MEN WHO DID YOU WRONG!!!" 😩👌💖

Definitely one of the more challenging books I have read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Infertility

space_bandit's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Gore, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Confinement, and Rape

Minor: Suicide and Infertility

okaynextcrisis's review

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

My GIRLS

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Blood

very_offkey_kazoo's review

inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I couldn’t put it down; I read it from cover to cover in three hours.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Pedophilia, and Rape

mikaylamurphy42's review

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

jaec11's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

4.5 stars

This book was gripping, disturbing, and painful in such an emotional way. It's going to take me a while to process it. It's heartbreaking and stunning and completely took me by surprise. My heart is still racing from the plot twists and chaos of this book. If you enjoyed the backstory of The Queen's Gambit (the orphanage and drug part) then you NEED to read this. 

PG-13+ for language, violence, gore, and abuse. Trigger warning for emotional, physical, and slight sexual abuse

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

thevietvegan's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A very interesting plot twist, I look forward to reading the other books in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Trafficking

Minor: Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

annacolb's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

A truly interesting look at deprogramming in more than one sense. I realy enjoyed the progess of the girls and Philomena in particular. And the men of the academy agrevated me to no end. The worst being the knowlegde that people like them realy exist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Death

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship