Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

23 reviews

emilymbrown's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, Animal death, Death of parent, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I really liked this book. It’s a bit like every zombie film out there, but there’s hope in this one which I like. I genuinely cared for all the characters, and I cried a lot. 

It’s not the most mind blowing but I liked it enough to cry when sad things happened, which doesn’t happen with badly written books. 

Sassafras and lullabies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, Animal death, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, and Medical trauma

sylvestra's review

dark emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Animal death

kieranlit's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The back of the book has an NPR review that reads: "It is a terrible thing to read a Paul Tremblay story...terrible because you know, going in, that it's probably going to mess you up, that his stories and his words have this way of getting under your skin."
And boy does it deliver. I read an ARC of this and. It has haunted me for the last five years. It's a zombie apocalypse story. But the haunting thing isn't the zombies, it's what comes after.
I have no idea who's marking this as hopeful.

There is no hope. He makes certain of that. Were it not for that last chapter, it could have been hopeful, but that last chapter? He makes it clear. She moved back home with her parents--the one thing she never wanted to do--she gave up her own dreams and boundaries to raise that child, for years, and she has never been okay since then.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

dreamdoughnut's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Gore and Animal cruelty

Minor: Car accident, Violence, and Grief

finleyfrogreads's review

dark emotional sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Animal death, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Medical content, Cursing, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Confinement

cabeswaren's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Medical content, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

bgmylc's review

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Hate crime

brittacalypse's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Pregnancy

toris_reads's review

dark emotional sad 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? No

4.0

This was a superb mix of horror and emotion, a family drama set during the early days of a national disaster. I loved all the nods to zombie and apocalypse movies as well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Medical content