Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

5 reviews

sophiaangela's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Medical content, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Racism, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Addiction, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, and Murder

jaimee_reads's review against another edition

Nothing particularly bad about the book, but I've tried twice to read it and lost interest both times. It's a very slow burn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Violence, and Gore

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, War, Murder, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Violence, Addiction, and Chronic illness

jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Cancer, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Death of parent, Violence, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts

meliroo's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Drug use, Vomit, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Torture, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Grief, and Domestic abuse