Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

77 reviews

hedsek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Truly an amazing read. Extremely gripping and the descriptions of how things used to be are so realistic and slice of life that it becomes heartbreaking. The horror elements go really well with the emotional stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Death, Vomit, Eating disorder, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, Lesbophobia, Gore, Homophobia, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

Eye stuff

sam_jja's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Injury/Injury detail

ngbarfield's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Blood, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Sexism, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

kickitupanotch7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Confinement, Chronic illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

schnaucl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

A beautiful love story that also explores grief and what people are willing to ignore to hold on to the ones they love. 

I have on idea if the husbands in space site exists or not (and I feel like if it didn't before the book, it does now) but it felt like a thing that would exist, including the infighting and everyone wanting to be the center of attention.

I liked the alternating points of view. 

I do wonder what will happen to Miri when the spell breaks.  Unless she's also been infected by whatever had Leah.  Her lack of a freak out when her wife lost her eyes suggests maybe she is.  No matter how much you'd conditioned yourself with hypochondria, I feel like that would elicit a big reaction.  Somehow, I don't think the police will accept my wife turned into water and so I had to release her into the ocean.  And it's more than a little strange that she doesn't go to the police or the Centre in 6 months.  Maybe if her wife is overdue by a few days or a week, maybe even a month.  But nearly 5 months overdue?

 

I also loved the glimpses of their lives together.  Their courtship and falling in love and just being in love. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Suicide

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book left me with more questions than answers, yet I was satisfied with the ending enough to accept this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Confinement, Body horror, Gaslighting, Blood, Grief, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Self harm, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Dementia, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content

bookjudy42's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

This was gorgeous. Beautifully written with a palpable depth. The book does have a kind of sci-fi element to it, but it isn’t the main focus of the story (in case you’re not into that). Believable characters and a reflective, touching journey. Loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, Cursing, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

ceruleanseas's review

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Lesbophobia

jaimc's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Grief

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia and Blood