Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Halloween by Curtis Richards

1 review

dragonbloom's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I actually really enjoyed this. IMO, much better than the original movie. An interesting expansion on why the crimes were committed, highly suspenseful and I felt more sympathetic towards the protagonists. If you enjoyed the movie, it’s worth a read. If you didn’t enjoy the movie but might like the concept handled differently... Worth a read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

Medical trauma, medical content, ableism: It is not intended to be be that way, but this book could certainly be very upsetting to a survivor of medical trauma or abuse. There are graphic asylum scenes, and Doctor Loomis is described as drugging patients he “believes cannot recover” to prevent them from pleading their case for release to a judge. Some comments exchanged by medical professionals about their patients are highly ableist. Animal death, cruelty: The antagonist kills a dog, in detail. It is self defence, sort of, as he shouldn’t have been in the garden in the first place. Stalking: The antagonist stalks his victims for a few hours before killing them. Sexual content: There are a few scenes of undressing, and one graphic sex scene. Misogyny: Many of the descriptions of women have aged poorly, as there is far too much talk of their breasts unnecessarily. Confinement: The antagonist is locked in a prison/mental ward for 15 years, though

it is implied he could leave any time he wanted.

Many early scenes take place here. Violence, murder: the book is a slasher, and the scenes of the kills are graphic.