Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

13 reviews

shiftycow1313's review against another edition

I knew based on the description that this book was going to be dark, but it is DARK DARK DARK. I'll try to pick it up again someday when my head is in a better space.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Racism, Classism, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Murder, Torture, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

murder_unicorn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Torture, Blood, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cancer, Classism, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Cannibalism, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Transphobia, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Vomit

englethebert's review against another edition

dark tense

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

3.5

Plods along in the middle but starts and ends strong. Characters are despicable interesting in their actions and interactions with one another, but struggle with internal growth

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child death, Medical trauma, Violence, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Death, Racism, Cursing, and Body horror

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Deportation, Classism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Addiction

ldpaige's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

this book was such a rollercoaster. there were the best of times, there were the worst of times. one thing you cannot say is that iglesias cannot write simple and poetic prose. there were several moments of beauty where i could relish in the abilities of iglesias. but mario

as a character was simply unbearable. i felt like iglesias could have done a better job at making him LIKABLE, which would have easily made this book a 4 star or higher. 

other than that, i enjoyed the ride even if it was a bit bumpy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Gun violence, Transphobia, Vomit, Racial slurs, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, and Child death

tyler_j's review against another edition

This is a great book from what I read. DNF 108 pages.

This DNF has nothing against this book itself. The reason I can't finish it is highly personal.

I wish I could finish this book. It truly seems amazing and I believe if I could finish it i'd give it 5 stars. But I can't.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Torture, Drug abuse, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Death

shawnthulhu's review against another edition

<Spoiler> I just can't get past them torturing a child for religious gain...written in detail. I get there is likely metaphor there. But that was hard to read and it made me feel too uncomfortable and I wasn't prepared for it in any way. Read the trigger warnings before you pick this one up so you know what you're getting into.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Body horror, and Addiction

szmay's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Body horror, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Trafficking, and Violence

princesstripsy's review against another edition

DNF’d which is rare for me. I’ve read two really bad books from BOM that I managed to suffer through but this one has compounded issues. The language jumps are a good idea on paper but hard to read. The violence and over the top and graphic substance and child abuse was where I officially called it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Torture, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Drug use, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

oro91's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

This book went in a direction I did not expect at all. Definitely violent but the story kept me hooked. I do with the translations we’re in foot notes as opposed to a separate book. Would be easier to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Racism, Violence, Cannibalism, Blood, Cancer, Body horror, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

avvyella's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Body horror, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Child death

Minor: Suicide and Transphobia