Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

7 reviews

rainstar's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Body horror, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism and Chronic illness

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Animal death, Ableism, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs, Gun violence, and Racism

emsies's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Frankenstein meets Jurassic Park, but make it gay(er).

It's totally the Loch Ness monster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism, Miscarriage, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Sexual harassment, and Ableism

lira_the_recluse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Narration is exquisite. The fiction seems to be expertly weaved with the real world history. The science and process was grotesque and captivating. Mary Elizabeth Frankenstein is a force to be reckoned with, and I wish her all the best adventures.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Ableism, Sexism, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism and Child death

Minor: Death of parent

sproutedpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

Chronic illness representation: 

• Maise: migraines, asthma and lung issues, heart issues, history of childhood illness. 
• Mr. Jamsetjee: tremors (likely Parkinson's) referred to as “shaking palsy”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Gun violence, Animal death, Racism, Gore, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Discussion of phrenology (challenged) and racism in science, description of animal corpses and their decomposition (not overly graphic), description of surgical procedures on animal corpses, use of laudanum to treat chronic migraines, infant death/stillbirth

attackrat's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

4.5

The fervor with which this book gripped me is unprecedented. it is slow, it is arduous in the details of this woman’s life as a wife of an archaeologist who would like to be one herself, and it asks a lot of me to become so invested in their fictional bone drama. And yet, I am. Mary has such a contagious passion that she could tell me about anything and I would listen. I was riveted by this book despite its slow pace, and it has queer and disabled rep!! 

My only complaints are fairly insignificant; Mary’s husband irked me for the *entire* novel and I’m sure he is supposed to, but at a certain point you can indeed hear too many “It did not matter anymore”s from a woman who is being unfairly treated. The other complaint is unfair I think, and it’s that I find fictional misogyny exhausting. But it’s historical fiction, so really I don’t know how fair that complaint is. And I really loved the book despite that, so it’s up to you if that really matters. Overall I thought this was an incredibly thoughtful and passionate book that forever changed my perspective on the Plesiosaur.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Animal death, Misogyny, Ableism, and Grief

nefariousbee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

3.0

Underwhelming. I kept waiting for the main even to come, the monstrous, the hideous to begin, and it never did. The strangest thing is, if the writing allowed it, it would have? What I mean is in theory, what they sis was terrible and monstrous, only the way we are told the story doesn't really do it justice. 
I am frankly disappointed. This could have been exciting, dark, passionate... but it fell flat. Somehow it was barely dark. In my opinion this could have been a great book, but it needed to lean into the horror, and do some serious editing. As it is, it's just. Fine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Ableism, Chronic illness, Gore, Animal death, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Classism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse