Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

5 reviews

dravens's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

Starts off pretty slow, and the pace remains throughout the book, but the world building is incredible. This is a disturbing novel that is beautifully written and well thought out. While the twists are not surprising, they are foreshadowed well, and fun to figure out.

Although I did gasp when Crake killed Oryx. Very well done, I think.

My only qualm was that the present tense with Snowman and the Crakers is a little dull. I loved the flashback moments so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Trafficking

Moderate: Death of parent

ems_bean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Homophobia and Vomit

paintedpolarbear's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

hearing that new new york was the hot zone of the humanity-destroying plague was like a slap with a wet trout in the year 2024

-0.5* for the random montage of darkweb content for no other reason than to have it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Excrement, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Blood and Classism

violator's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

nodogsonthemoon's review

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail