Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

9 reviews

soph_ship's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

Not sure how I feel about the premise. Feels icky at some points and quite unrealistic for most of it. Writing was fine.

Would absolutely never recommend to survivors of sexual assault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual content, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Rape, and Child death

Minor: Car accident

snickademous's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, and Abortion

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Terminal illness, Rape, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Child death

Minor: Suicide

peachani's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Confinement, and Medical content

Minor: Grief, Terminal illness, Cancer, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, Rape, Classism, Death of parent, and Death

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Classism, Rape, Ableism, Medical content, Sexual content, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

mob333's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, Death, Rape, and Grief

belladonnashrike's review against another edition

I had to stop reading because I had a strong feeling this was about to get preachy. I love to read books that are challenging - I don’t have to agree with what happens in the text or even the authors tone. good art makes you think, and I love that! 

but I don’t know… the story being that

a woman falls in love with her rapist’s brother (IDENTICAL TWIN BROTHER)

and it’s also about forgiveness? i can’t. I understand forgiveness is vital to many people, even when they’re the victim of horrific acts like that. personally, I’m not one to forgive all the time (because if that EVER happens to me, I sure as hell wouldn’t forgive them), but I understand needing that weight being taken off your shoulders. it’s also an accurate phenomenon through a christian lens as well. but to use a

romance with her rapist’s identical twin brother

as a vehicle for telling a story about forgiveness just seems so fucked up. beyond fucked up. it’s not so much the content as it is the tone. I simply cannot entertain this any longer

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical content, and Rape

moriahleigh's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Rape, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, and Death

corriejn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

Well-crafted story about a woman returning to her hometown after a number of years, having left shortly after a sexual assault as a teen. (While the assault is not detailed in the book, the story heavily centers around its after-effects and the choices various characters have made.) Lots of complex, dynamic characters and no easy/perfect options. There are a handful of minor narrative/geographic/timeline inconsistencies that I found slightly distracting (but not enough to impede the story overall), or it'd be 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Death, Classism, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Car accident, and Rape