Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

173 reviews

mary_juleyre's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Toxic friendship

faynebrio's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-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

i liked the pace and how everything unfolded, but i didnt think the ethical questions were examined in a unique way, so it got predictable…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content and Death

issyd23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Basically the quiet, artsy, English version of Michael Bay’s The Island. TBH I kinda prefer Bay’s version with car chases & explosions 3👩🏼‍🍼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infertility, Medical content, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Terminal illness

carajewels's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

i LOVE this book. ishiguro’s writing style is eloquent and kept me reading more and more. the dreamt, nostalgic tone and idyllic settings contrasted with the gloomy reality of the characters’ situations is brilliant, and it leaves the reader with many thought provoking questions about those who are used for the luxury of other wealthier people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Trafficking

, and it leaves the reader with many thought provoking questions about those who are used for the luxury of other wealthier people.

sammelito's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Emotionally gripping story, with a narrative style I loved. Focus on the characters, but with a looming dystopia which added to the whole.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Toxic friendship

Minor: Medical content

megwilli's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I read this book once before, as a child, but I forgot how much it hurts. Beautifully written, heartbreaking, and begging the reader to confront and understand a horrifying ethical dilemma within the view of a pastoral childhood, this book is one that I will never be able to forget and one which will never stop hurting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Sexual content, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Classism and Cancer

frannyrdclark's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility

theraindiary's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Medical content

cmcrockford's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual content