Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock

21 reviews

damolaarin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Incest, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

sharbison's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Cancer, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Pregnancy

carlyisnotliterate's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Racial slurs, and Vomit

escapinginpaper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Excrement, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Minor: Incest and War

sphealrical's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion and Transphobia

kylajaynebooks's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.5

I only finished it so I can justify watching the movie but oh my god I didn’t like it 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

katherineclimber's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Um so I think I like thrillers now?? This book was so amazing, I don't have words to express how much I loved it. It was creepy and all the characters were messed up and everyone had their own secrets, but I think that's what made it so interesting and compelling to read. Even though it was confusing at times, it was fun to follow so many different storylines at once because I knew they were eventually all going to converge, and trust me when they did I was literally silent screaming, um yea. This is definitely one of the best, or even the best book I've read all year. For me, one way I know a book is incredible is how it will make me physically react. For example, this book made me gasp many-o-times, it made my jaw  d r o p  every time something big happened (which was a lot), I almost cried, and I slammed the book down and stared at the ceiling more than once. This book is also super dark, and there a lot of people who are just insane, and you know, murder people. But let me tell you, when one of the worst people in the book got murdered, I was very happy, revenge is very sweet. Anyways, like I said, this book has a lot of different characters with weird families so I would 10/10 recommend making a character chart to keep track of it all. So now that I've figured out that I love books like this, I don't know how I am going to be able to find any that live up to this one. Oh, also I watched the movie after I finished reading the book, and it was almost just as good as the book, even though the ending was a little wack. So now that's also one of my favorite movies. Oh and lastly I did listen to this as an audiobook while I read along in the physical book, which was super awesome because all the southern accents in the audiobook really help you become enveloped in the story. So basically what I learned from this absolute masterpiece of a book is that I like books that are "dark and twisty" to quote my mom, and also, very oddly specific but, I like books with small-towns where everyone is messed up and people are getting killed( see "The Lost causes of Bleak Creek" and "Sharp Objects") </spoiler?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion, Terminal illness, and Stalking

zoewrath's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Vomit

beckym's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual content, and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

gracetrimper's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Gun violence, Death, Cursing, and Cancer

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship