Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

26 reviews

astronut's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, and Grief

horizonous's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Terminal illness and Colonisation

Minor: Murder, Sexism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, War, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Vomit

◦ Death = the theme of
◦ Mental illness = PTSD
◦ Terminal illness = various pandemic diseases

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Child abuse, Colonisation, Misogyny, and Vomit

orla_h's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death

Minor: War and Colonisation

literarylion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

Pros:

• St. John Mandel is all-around good at what she does. 
• Well-crafted and executed impeccably. No unsatisfying loose ends. 
• Perfect pacing and length, unique concept. 
• The character development is unreal. Even minor characters felt lived-in. 

Cons:

• I'd like to see her expand into a different genre. She's excellent in her element, but her past three books have been very similar to each other (not to say that I found them tedious or derivative)
• I don't think that this story needed to be 
  tied to The Glass Hotel
  . I can see how it might be satisfying to make that connection but it could easily stand alone. 
• Maybe I've been reading too many pandemic-focused books, but the details of the 
  SARS 5 pandemic
  felt a bit tired--maybe too similar to COVID-19

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Gun violence

kris386's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation and Sexism

Minor: Death, War, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail