Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

4 reviews

saltycoffee's review

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Confinement, Abandonment, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Incest, Rape, and Alcoholism

Minor: War

eliss02's review

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I've read this book for an university exam so it was a "forced" read. It was definitely an EXPERIENCE 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Abandonment, Violence, Death of parent, Incest, and Domestic abuse

birtelesemann's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Murder, and Incest

vita_ayala's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Moody and contemplative, as a good ghost story should be.

The format is almost dream-like, which is onteresting to read and adds to the tension I think.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Gun violence, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Murder, Terminal illness, Stalking, Violence, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Blood, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death, and Chronic illness

We lose the thread of the son somewhere in the middle, which I think ultimately makes this too loose of a story.