Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Afterland: La nueva normalidad es un mundo sin hombres by Lauren Beukes

3 reviews

nicoleisalwaysreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Confinement, Death, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Blood, Cancer, Gun violence, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

kelsea's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Post-pandemic book that was written just before COVID. I was interested in the conceit and thought it was well-thought out, but did not personally enjoy reading what is essentially a pandemic novel (personal preference, not a fault of the book). I thought the second half of the book really dragged - too much

evangelical christian bus travel and psychotic cross-country chasing when I was hoping for more details of what society was like, and finding out what happened after they escaped the US

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Drug use

Minor: Infertility, Pregnancy, and Cancer

anitra2319's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Trafficking

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident and Child abuse