Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo

6 reviews

bessadams's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Animal death, Infidelity, Medical content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy

headinthepages's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Vomit, Alcohol, Child death, and Death of parent

redroseses's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicide, Classism, Cursing, and Dementia

agirlnamedellie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Found the beginning half of the book to be quite slow but the second half really picked up in pace and plot. I liked that book was focused on an older women at the point in her life where she wants to retire. I felt like her backstory was really well told and established. This made you understand how she ended up in her job and the decisions she makes. I did really feel for her at times. I enjoyed reading about the relationship she had with her dog. The last few chapters felt like you were watching an action film!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death

ka_cam's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

This book’s preside reads like a thriller when the book itself reads more like a character study- I think this set up coming in left me more bored than I otherwise would be. There’s some thriller/action elements but a lot of it is Hornclaw reflecting on her life and working through the last tasks of her career, and how they weave into her past assassinations and entanglements. I’d have liked it to commit more to examining hornclaw, I found the background on her some of the most compelling sections.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Medical content, Grief, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

Minor: Dementia, Animal death, Suicide, and Death of parent

internationalreads's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Violence