Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

5 reviews

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Trigger warning: murder of a dog. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lonelylooper's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, and Torture

sunflower7skull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

OH MY GOD. WHAT WAS THAT ENDING. ugh i loved this book but the ending left me disappointed tbh... otherwise really interesting worldbuilding and narrative!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lucys_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chaya77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was a little boring at times but if you push through the ending is worth it, but it depends on the person.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Abandonment