Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

112 reviews

beccamlvn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.25

Took a break from my usual romances... andddd wtf did I just read?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Blood, Sexual violence, Gore, Death, Violence, Terminal illness, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Child death, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

notsogreen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexism, Suicide, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Blood, Pedophilia, Death, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness

shieldbearer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 

“The Southern Book Club’s Guide To Slaying Vampires” is about how a small-town white community reacts when faced with a threat from the outside. How much can one sacrifice for safety and prosperity and who pays for those sacrifices? Who- and what- is worth protecting? How culpable is the one who watches and does nothing? 

This is a book that features deeply human, but nuanced, female characters. The female characters have rich inner lives and personalities even when operating within the social norms of their small Southern town.  This is an nuanced, layered exploration of womanhood- particularly how white womanhood is affected by white privilege. People dismissing the characters as "doormats" have clearly ignored the parts of the book that scream that they are choosing prosperity and security over the lives of Black children, which is easily one of the most realistic parts of the book.   The author is a man, but his mother inspired him to write this book, and it truly shows. I wish more female characters were written with this flawed complexity. I also really felt the author did a good job building and releasing tension. 

Also. Y'all need to get better at adding tags. We get graphic second hand accounts of both sexual assault and racism (a man was literally LYNCHED) and half of y'all only tag the sexual assault?? I think that proves my point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racism, Murder, Suicide, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Stalking, Child abuse, Classism, Violence, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pedophilia

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal death

kam_pearson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Vomit, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Addiction, Blood, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

harperhoney's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

bookswithbreck's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Death, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Pedophilia, Rape, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Violence, Suicide, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Racism, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization

philomathean's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Gore, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Gaslighting, Rape, Terminal illness, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Classism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

caitlin_doggos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Dementia, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Rape, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Medical content

Minor: Animal death

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia

Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Terminal illness, Animal death, Classism, and Toxic friendship

comithy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Body horror, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Blood, and Death