Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

In Flammen by Megha Majumdar

17 reviews

noelanig's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Islamophobia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Transphobia and Hate crime

laurenmcnamara's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Medical trauma

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

5.0

 In the beginning moments of this novel, terrorists set fire to a train in modern India.  Jivan, a young woman, later posts about it on Facebook, equating police inaction to government terrorism.  In the middle of the night, she is arrested.  PT Sir was Jivan’s P.E. teacher before she dropped out of school after 10th grade.  Unappreciated and power-hungry, he eventually finds himself in the inner circle of the government’s opposition party nearing an election.  Lovely is a hijra, a transgender woman and a member of a community of trans and intersex people.  She’s a talented actress on the hunt for her breakout role, and she’s learning English from Jivan to become more marketable.  The three characters collide amid Jivan’s trial.

Wonderfully read by a full cast, Megha Majumdar’s A Burning is especially relevant in the age of highly-politicized social media and government extremism. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia and Violence

Minor: Blood, Death, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

horrorbound's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Death, Excrement, Grief, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

ohheyitssean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Police brutality

Moderate: Islamophobia, Transphobia, Excrement, and Confinement

Minor: Rape and Child death

erincowgill's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Religious bigotry

catgenevieve's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book surprised me and I felt that it ended too quickly. Though the characters aren’t exactly likeable, I wanted to know what would happen to them next.

Though the book is centered around the end of one person’s life, the life of the other characters seems to be just beginning.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Islamophobia, Excrement, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Transphobia, Rape, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Confinement

Minor: Fatphobia