Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

5 reviews

ethuiliel's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Body horror, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use, Child abuse, Infertility, Police brutality, Torture, and Transphobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Body horror, War, Murder, Gore, Death, Medical content, and Cursing

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Grief, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Genocide, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

Minor: Transphobia, Abandonment, and Sexual content

indeedithappens's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Torture, Abandonment, Classism, Colonisation, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Gaslighting, Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Police brutality, Sexism, Deadnaming, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Death of parent

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

3.5

I did enjoy this! The pacing was a little weird - I have no idea how much time actually passed in the story. I loved the characters and did not know what to expect half the time. XD Will definitely read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Genocide, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Xenophobia, Gore, War, and Mental illness

Minor: Bullying, Transphobia, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

valpyre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

[audiobook]
3.5 stars

it honestly took me a <i>really</i> long while to get into this book. i am glad i stuck with it -- it has a lot of heart and nuance. i personally found the plot fairly straight-forward (which is not a bad thing!) and for me, that gave it a more childish vibe than i was expecting. i did come to appreciate that as a balance to some of the heavier topics that were dealt with throughout, and i thought it was a fresh tone considering the protag and friends were teenagers. the dialogue throughout was kind of simplistic, in my opinion, and sort of broke immersion for me at times. 

i enjoyed the inclusivity throughout the book, because anders showed that having such decency throughout didn't make for a utopia. the book actively confronted some of the more meta features of itself (like the types of alien species represented). i enjoyed and was touched by my listening experience, but i doubt that i'll be continuing the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, and Death

Minor: War, Transphobia, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Fatphobia