Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Family Business by Jonathan Sims

6 reviews

nebulous_cat's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Body horror, Death, Abandonment, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Police brutality, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Addiction, Stalking, Cancer, Excrement, and Mental illness

iamastraythought's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Mr. Sims you have done it again. Diverse in that way that isn't really mentioned, horrifying in both a soul crushing and mundane way. 

this book is like the lonely on steroids. Of course it's a separate media, but all the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Stalking, and Mental illness

Minor: Bullying

hcneysuckle's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Torture, Violence, Grief, Body horror, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child death, Cancer, Classism, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

misszoe's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Murder, Child death, Death, Police brutality, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, Gore, and Addiction

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Bullying

nevermoregothic's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Bullying, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

emflipspages's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

I liked this book, I'm a sucker for Jonny Sims and his use of patterns and categories in horror. But this book got a little bit repetitive sometimes, as if only the relevant happenings in the plot line were piled on top of each other, and the resolution wasn't as satisfying as it could have been (the solution came somewhat suddenly and there were still a lot of unanswered questions at the end). Still, the writing style, the characters and the story itself are completely brilliant, and you bet I'll be looking out for the rest of Jonny's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Addiction and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Cancer, and War