Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

15 reviews

itsbumley's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Outing, and Colonisation

pollyflorence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Medical trauma, and Abortion

balfies's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

4.0

Another historical fiction, this one set in 1620's Amsterdam about the new wife of a merchant and the secrets of their house. 

Great historical detail and richness, characters with depth, well paced, ambiguous mystery, and enough tension throughout. Not necessarily a must read, but certainly an enjoyable one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Abortion, and Colonisation

Minor: Child death

em2jules's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexism, Torture, Excrement, Police brutality, and Grief

gemmascott's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

For me, this was a book about hypocrisy and change. How people often project an image of themselves to the world that is very different to their inner selves, and how, despite their expectations, people can change and grow, often in ways they had never anticipated. It isn’t the best “historical” novel I’ve ever read (there were a few glaring anachronisms), but it was beautifully written and I thoroughly enjoyed the story. 

I loved the fact that this book was inspired by an object displayed in the Rijksmuseum and feel like the choice of setting was helpful in exploring some of the themes,  including race, gender and sexuality.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Medical trauma