Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

94 reviews

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I went into this expecting cute romance. This is a sci-fi thriller, emphasis on thriller.

This book absolutely floored me. The twists, the mystery, the pining romance, chef's kiss, a whole lot of it. What I thought was going to happen didn't, and I went through a whirlwind of emotions.

I'll also never look at manicotti the same way again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Moderate: War and Cancer

Minor: Suicide

storydragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

There are quite some plot twists.
Just when I thought I knew what was going on, it turned out to be something else...
The plot has a very interesting structure.
It's cool!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, War, Murder, Grief, and Death

Minor: Blood, Terminal illness, and Cancer

lavagirl's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I like how unhinged this book gets halfway thru it's way bigger than it seems

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

adrianas65's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Suicide, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gaslighting, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Vomit

raichou's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Oh I loved this book so much! 
I've had it on my shelf for a bit, before finally picking it up and I think it pulled me out of a nearing in reading slump. 

I don't want to say much about the story, it's best to go in blind and not know much about it. Let the story sink in as you go along.
Don't read the spoiler parts without reading the book first!

Ambrose and Kodiak are such amazing characters. It was so interesting to see what would happen in each new cycle, how they would react to the news from their old selves. 
I think all versions were reasonable and I loved reading all of them. I even cried at two. It was such an emotional roller coaster and I loved the ride. 

I'm so glad they got their happy-end at last and hope they got to live a happy fulfilled life together on Minerva.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Self harm, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Blood, and Violence

coffeebean216's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death, Vomit, Confinement, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Classism, Cancer, Cursing, Homophobia, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

perhappiness's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Violence, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Classism, Cancer, Sexual content, Confinement, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

naomidanae's review

adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Cancer

keya_caivalur's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Abandonment, Cancer, Murder, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Vomit

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, and War

stellastallion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer and Medical content