Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

14 reviews

petit_lecteur's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

If I could give this 6 stars I would! This book broke me all the way , such a great debut. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Classism, Racism, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Self harm, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Panic attacks/disorders

moniipeters's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

This book was a slow burn. I didn’t quite understand the point of some of the things that took place and felt that some aspects of the story were drawn out, but overall I enjoyed the book and the ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

aargot1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Suicide, Medical content, Mental illness, Grief, Outing, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Torture, Confinement, Bullying, and Self harm

andreamargarita's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide, Child abuse, Racism, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Death, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Cancer

Minor: Self harm and Terminal illness