Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

5 reviews

carleesi's review against another edition

4.25

I loved this story. The world was so magical and I want more about Kade!

Some of the dialogue/interpersonal stuff was a bit stilted and awkward. The way food was disgusting was worryingly eating disorder-esque, even having a “reason” adds to the danger of the ED narrative. The ableist slurs were also quite disappointing. 

Overall I wish it had been longer to flesh out the supporting/ minor characters more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Child death, Murder, and Transphobia

Moderate: Ableism

grem_ler's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, Gore, Abandonment, and Violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Ableism

maeverose's review against another edition

4.0

I love the concept of focusing on people who’ve returned from portal worlds rather than discovering the portal world, and how they cope with that. The worldbuilding is really cool. I like how they explain the different ‘directions’ and types of worlds and how they work. You can tell a lot of thought went into this.

The actual plot was just okay for me. I’m not really a murder mystery person. But the writing, worldbuilding, (some of) the characters, and learning about how the school works made up for it.

Unfortunately this was bordering on too gory for me. I’m squeamish about that stuff and I had to skim some parts. Annoyingly I’m the most interested in learning about Jack and Jill’s world, because I love a gothic setting, especially if there are vampires. But I’m betting that one’s even gorier… :/ I am gonna try to continue though.

Would also love to get to see Nancy’s world, but I’m guessing we won’t 😖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Gore, Murder, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder and Bullying

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, and Ableism

Specific gore descriptions:

a body with missing hands (bloody), a body with missing eyes (a crow.. enjoys this. It’s also described in much more graphic detail during an autopsy), a body getting dissolved in acid (mostly happens off page but not entirely), a body thats found missing a brain (i skipped over that so idk how descriptive it was, but not very I don’t think) plus some more less graphic stuff

purplepenning's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Deportation, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Child death, Murder, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, and Grief

Minor: Ableism and Deadnaming

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Murder

Moderate: Death, Transphobia, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Deadnaming, and Vomit