Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup

2 reviews

relin's review

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

4.75

The structure of this book was really interesting. Reading both the life of the author and the lives of the characters in the fantasy romance book she is writing was really interesting and fun. Though I found it hard at times to jump between all of the perspectives. It was a fun journey though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Xenophobia, War, and Murder

annapox's review

adventurous lighthearted 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

3.5

Before the actual review, I just want to say that after borrowing this book from the library I found out that the author is probably a TERF. This did not affect my star rating, but it does affect my willingness to buy the book.

This book is still worth a read. The concept is original, the story is fun, and the writing is mostly satisfactory. Some aspects could have been fleshed out more, but overall I enjoyed it. I'd recommend trying to find a cheap secondhand paperback copy. I read it on the Libby app, and I didn't have the benefit of the different fonts to help me distinguish the author character's story from the protagonist's story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Gore, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Ableism, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, and War