Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

45 reviews

michaelatrelby's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Infertility, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, Blood, Antisemitism, Adult/minor relationship, and Ableism

bigkidbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

alannah_m's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a 5* read for me when I first read it at 16, so it's such a shame that for me this book is..not even close to my favourite Atwood! There's some great stuff here, obviously it's famous for a reason, but there is so much that I feel I WISH was included that was glossed over. Atwood's books are famous for not being diverse, but this book would have infinitely benefitted from engaging with intersections of race/class/sexuality. Really liked talking about this in class.

Pet Theory for this book: The Colonies aren't real!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Violence

lhwilk's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, and Vomit

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Gaslighting, Infertility, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Genocide, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Slavery, and Suicide