Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

3 reviews

mdal26's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Cancer, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Child death, Grief, Incest, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape

camillebergeron's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Grief, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Medical trauma, Stalking, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Cancer, and Death

Minor: Fatphobia and Medical content

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

It took me about 50 pages to get into this book, but then I couldn't put it down.  I loved it and feel like this place and characters are old friends.

This book may not be for everyone.  The non-linear storyline can be confusing.  I'm not sure it would work as an audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt