Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Grievers by adrienne maree brown

1 review

embervleo's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.75

this story was dark, bleak, intense, and yet weirdly hopeful in its realism and pragmatism. this is one of those books where i kept having to will myself to slow down so that i could savor the story and the gorgeous prose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Classism, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Mental illness, and Infidelity

Minor: Ableism, Vomit, Body horror, Cancer, Police brutality, Racism, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War