Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

13 reviews

haleybre's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

theebster's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Gun violence, Body horror, and Medical content

elwyn_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Confinement, Death, Violence, Ableism, Death of parent, Self harm, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Drug use, Abandonment, and Medical trauma

Minor: Medical content and Chronic illness

booksmoon_libra's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Medical content, Vomit, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Mental illness

kelliea's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Such a gruesome, disturbing, creepy fun read! Loved the space horror 😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Vomit, Confinement, Cursing, Classism, Death, Police brutality, Self harm, Suicide, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Death, Vomit, Cursing, Medical trauma, and Torture

astareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

I loved this! I'm not a fan of horror but love scifi, and this had just the right amount of atmospheric dread to keep me on my toes without making my imagination run wild at night.

The combination of trauma, supernatural elements and survival instinct was spot on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Suicide, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Gore

professor_jango's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Dementia, Death of parent, Abandonment, Murder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Medical trauma, Medical content, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

The idea of this book was good - sort of a Titanic meets Event Horizon thing where the main characters find a ghost ship that messes with their perceptions - but the execution did not work for me. The MC's specific non ghost ship related mental health problems were all over the place, but not in a way that was interesting or compelling. The dual timeline thing that only happens for like half the book did not work. The pacing was so slow until about the 70% mark. Most of the actually interesting things happen off screen. The thing that is causing the problem is immediately obvious but no one figures it out. The characters are very vague stereotypes and the romance is deeply stupid. For some reason the same things that were just shown are reiterated over and over like you might not notice (like the character will see a gold faucet and be like "wow! Ostentatious displays of wealth bad!" every single time). I did like the way they solved the problem at the end though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, and Vomit

boglord's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Cannibalism