Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

After That Night by Karin Slaughter

16 reviews

morebksplz's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Heavy. Revisits & works through a traumatic turning point in Sara's past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Medical trauma, and Stalking

Minor: Bullying

allisonwatt89's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Medical trauma

srullo's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Stalking

lyndseegraham's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

abbeyderkatz's review

dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Murder

mybestfriendsarefictional's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Rounded up to 4☆

Will Trent book 11

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

hannahdial1's review

dark 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? No

4.25

Check trigger warnings before you read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

mysterymom40's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide

avadore's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

1.5

Might be a case of just not for me, but I found this a brutal, cruel, and voyeuristic book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

devanyb21's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Infertility, Misogyny, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment