Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

4 reviews

riverofhorton's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective slow-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

4.5

 This was a very interesting and in places somewhat unexpected read. I knew the basic premise

that Jekyll and Hyde share the same body with Jekyll being the 'good' side and Hyde being the 'bad' side

, but I hadn't anticipated the subtext of repressed homosexuality contained within the Hyde character. I also hadn't expected one of the characters to be accepting of this,

but questioning of the perceived choice of partner

. I also went into this expecting some discussion of substance use based on other media, but I wasn't expecting

the suicide towards the end, I did find this to have been well done within the context of the story however.

Overall, I enjoyed this story and will likely re-read it in the future 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicide, Blood, Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, and Violence

calamityin's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Alcohol, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

kfridaysandwiches's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Violence and Murder

sophiemartin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Blood, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Murder, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Chronic illness, and Violence