Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

4 reviews

jrae_miller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, Confinement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Death of parent

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

writerkit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal death, Alcohol, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Death, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexism, Misogyny, Car accident, Medical content, Violence, and Miscarriage

santreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

not an easy read but beautiful writing that puts across the story of this family each dealing with something, the dog fights and teenage sex bits were very hard for me to read which is why i cannot recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Medical content