Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Mothered by Zoje Stage

5 reviews

blueyogi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Murder, Chronic illness, Bullying, Mental illness, Blood, and Child death

Minor: Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Alcohol

rockyc5's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.25

Honestly I wouldn't have liked this book at all if it weren't for the Epilogue. The Epilogue gives you such big payoffs for the whole book that there is satisfaction there.

I just didn't think the writing was that good like "driving her bonkers," or "gone on forever," or "that went on for awhile. It sounds a little lazy, like if you don't go back and revise enough. " I expected more from a bestselling author.

I'm a sucker for mother/daughter psychodramas--in that area it delivers 100%!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Animal cruelty

Minor: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Vomit

hollyberry_books's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Chronic illness, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Murder, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Body horror

katierobertsonshaddix's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Stage's portrayal of an adult mother-daughter relationship manages to be simultaneously relatable and terrifying. She captures the dreamlike uncertainty and isolation of life early in the covid 19 pandemic and it forms the perfect backdrop for the nightmarish tale where both the characters and readers are left uncertain of the bounds of reality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Chronic illness and Child death

Minor: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lizslazylibrary's review

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

4.75

zoje keeps impressing me! i loved the twists and how warped everything is. honestly it felt like a fever dream most of the time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Body horror

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, and Grief