Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

15 reviews

inkylabyrinth's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Animal death

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Drug use

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Gun violence, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Car accident

kirahaycock21's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This book was actually super well written. I literally couldn’t put it down- I read it in one sitting. It was confusing though, but I think that was deliberate on the authors part. There was a lot of symbolism, and it could be interpreted a lot of different ways. But I loved the simple writing style and the way it addressed the feelings behind losing a loved one. Some parts of it were genuinely scary too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Cursing, Gore, Animal death, Body horror, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Cancer

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

books_withblooms's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, and Grief

kassiebee's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

grief, loss, family, and a some pretty cool mexican supernatural elements. 

i was creeped out, my heart was heavy, i was taken to another world.. totally immersed, i finished this booked totally jaded. and i loved it. 

a bit slow in the beginning but with a purpose. i sensed the slow descent of his mental health, still with a possibility that nothing is really happening. until its not. 

im going to go watch some cartoons now ..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Death of parent, Death, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Cancer, and Medical content

Minor: Racism and Drug use

samaraptor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Death, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Cancer, Cursing, Alcohol, Medical content, Mental illness, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism

clar_ph's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gore, Body horror, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Vomit, Addiction, and Cancer

ecn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

What a weird fever dream. I could not tell you what really happened in this but I loved every moment. The writing was captivating and the story kept me guessing the whole time and left me with so many questions.

The ending did seem to speed by a bit quicker than I could follow but I think it added to the fever dream quality of it.

If you like black mirror, A24, and (kind of) Get Out, you’re going to LOVE this

The only reason this wasn’t a 5 was because of how loose the horror elements are. The looming presence seems to jump around a lot and leaves us with more questions than (any?) answers. While this typically works, I wish I had one thread to grab onto just so I can understand what was going on. But maybe that’s the point…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cancer, Racism, and Stalking

opossumble's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Cursing, Medical content, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Deportation, Drug use, and Terminal illness