Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Emperor by RuNyx

8 reviews

sinnybuns's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

rayesp's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

cortanasreadingnook's review

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

4.0

Finally got to Dante & Amara’s story! I had high expectations for them, and they didn’t disappoint. The Emperor takes us to the past and how they grew up around each other. I’ve been curious about Amara since I first met her and since Runyx gave us a glimpse of the scar on her throat. With Dante, I wanted to know who he really was besides being the overprotective older brother he became for Morana. He had a particular dark appeal to his character and this book served that well. 

The writing also handled Amara’s trauma very well and I appreciate how it didn’t have to romanticize her fears to further the story. I don’t read a lot of dark romance books, so DV is now very special to me. I know other readers have said the pregnancy trope ruined them, but I disagree because it was bound to happen anyway. Dante was to inherit and rebuild his father’s fucked up legacy with Amara at his side. All the pieces are finally falling into place, and the introduction to Alpha’s character just hypes me up to read The Finisher.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Miscarriage

zia_c's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

zayyssa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring lighthearted sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Trafficking

faraway_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

“You’re not going to walk through life, Amara,” he uttered roughly, each word a vow that cemented itself in her heart. “You’ll dance through it. And I’ll fucking remove anyone who tries to break your rhythm. I promise you.”

You cannot write a man like Dante Maroni and then expect me to not be ruined for everyone else

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

courtneyhope21's review

challenging dark emotional

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

masajankovic's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma