Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Alchemy of Moonlight by David Ferraro

3 reviews

q_bert13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Interesting read, drags a bit towards the end. Some obvious ‘secrets’ are revealed, with more surprising ones later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexism, Outing, and Medical trauma

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

coll24e's review against another edition

3.0

This book left me wanting. The major plot points, the big bad, relationships (platonic & romantic) all felt surface level. Yes to the poly rep, love to see it! Yes to the discussions of power dynamics specifically with love interests of varied social/financial status in a historical setting. All the gothic themes are there, mostly in the last third of the story, racing to the end. That said, the depictions of gore/horror and general creepiness were well done. - Readers with arachnophobia may want to skip this book. 

If the audiobook is an accessible option I highly recommend. The timber, range and style of the narrator paired well with gothic storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

Detailed descriptions of spiders and the fears around them.

leedolee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

A fast-paced read that kept you on your toes and didn't keep you waiting too long for the story to progress. Definitely a lot more intense when it came to the violence and gore elements so that's my only warning to future readers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Murder, Torture, Violence, Grief, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Medical content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit