Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

26 reviews

surprisebear's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Listening to this as an audiobook was super cool, it's a fun premise that is really interesting and engaging. I just really enjoyed myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism and Gun violence

ireadinbed's review

adventurous funny mysterious slow-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

3.0

Honestly the shadowy figure made this book for me. I liked the way all threads lead back to them. 

Unfortunately i dont think it lived up to the premise. Like it was fun dont get me wrong, but the characters really feel flat, and the Ebook is not formatted particularly well. 

The pitch was whimsical but thw execution lacks that wonder 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Medical trauma

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A wild ride for my first e-reader read. Very cheesy sci fi with some dark & scary undertones. Just what the doctor ordered! Starting the next one asap

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War

jojo_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

krispy_reading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I would recommend reading via audiobook. Large cast & interview style storytelling. Leads into sequel really well. I will continue with this series in audiobook format.

Likes: The interviewer. No name, all plans. Extra .25 stars for that character alone. 

Dislikes: Didn’t care much for the romantic aspects or the women’s body descriptions in a couple of scenes.

did we have to description the female robot that way?

TW: large scale events with significant loss of life, Bosnia massacre discussion, car accident.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Medical trauma

Minor: Gun violence

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

2.5

This didn't fully land for me. I normally love a book written in an interview style. This story felt character driven up front and plot driven at the end. I didn't connect the overall story, but the characters were interesting. The end definitely had some twisted story lines that grabbed me. Not enough for me to reach for book two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

thereadinghammock's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This book had been on my TBR for ages and I decided to rec it for a book club to have folks to read it with. I was still lingering on a book hangover, but finally kicked myself into gear to get it read, and at just under 300 pages, I figured it wouldn't be too tough a read. The book ended up being a lot darker than I was expecting, and left me with a lot of questions I wasn't expecting to want answered at the end.

The format of the book was a bit strange at first. The interview format with the forever nameless interviewer was intriguing, and his complete anonymity was both frustrating and intriguing throughout the entire book. Kara was a hot head and a very relatable character from the very beginning. Rose was so loveable and sweet and I loved how excited she got for all the science. Vincent and Ryan were a bit more of wild cards for me, though I grew to like Vincent a bit more after "The Incident" and we got to see his resolve and effort to getting back into the machine.

What I was NOT expecting was Ryan slipping off the deep end and trying to kill Vincent, or the pulse weapon vaporizing the Denver facility and killing (or so we thought) Rose! Oh my gods I think I actually gasped!! Some things I was aghast at, but not really surprised by: the nameless interviewer forcing a radical surgical procedure to give Vincent reversible knees, given the unique anatomy of the robot; and Papantoniou resorting to forced IVF egg retrieval, given her insistence on having back up pilots. Once she was in control of the program, it was clear that everything was just going to hell in a handbasket. What I hadn't been sure of was whether it would be because of her need for control and success or because she wouldn't have the backbone to stand on her own two feet against The Board, but WOW was that a tough read toward the end. But I think I was the most impressed with Vincent's character development overall. He ended up being a character I enjoyed more than I thought I would.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Car accident

mar's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

why is almost every character in this book a war criminal. this sucks but i cant put it down tf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Genocide, and Torture

epellicci's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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

4.0

Sleeping Giant's feels very much like a book which lays the groundwork for a great series. Told as a series of interview transcripts conducted by an unknown agent, the book follows the discovery and subsequent scientific exploration of an alien robot buried on Earth. It is somewhat slow paced, however with themes of power, found family, betrayal, and resilience, it never felt dull or like an info-dump. Mysterious and teetering on the edge of great adventure, I can't wait to read the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death