Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

4 reviews

laurareads87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I just assume that any book by Ted Chiang is going to receive a five-star rating from me, and Stories of Your Life and Others unsurprisingly met that expectation.  I'd read some of the stories in this collection before and I've taught the film Arrival, based on one of them, in a university Cultural Studies class.  What Ted Chiang does remarkably well, in my mind, is take what might seem like a simple premise -- for example, what if a technology existed to disrupt the ability to respond to beauty (or lack thereof) in human faces, thereby eliminating lookism? -- and explore it from multiple angles in a remarkably brief number of pages.  His writing ranges from exhilarating to tragic to hilarious but is always, always thought-provoking in the best possible way.  Highly, highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Sexism, and Racism

rileyeffective's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Infertility, Medical content, Cancer, and Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying

bwwilhelm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Child death, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Xenophobia

manarnia's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This collection was great! There were times when it dragged or lost my interest, but overall I found it a really compelling and fun read. Also smart. Like really smart. Like is Ted Chiang an actual genius? Probably!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Xenophobia, Death, Grief, and Murder