Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

41 reviews

orlabutler's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

This book really was not for me. I'm sure there are some people out there that would love it but I honestly wanted to give up on it over and over again. I only powered through because it is a book of short stories and I thought I might find one I liked. Every story felt like it was dragging on and then the end felt like a page was missing. There are some serious and disturbing themes explored and not well, I feel like they are more being used for shock factor than anything else. I saw so many people recommend this book and I am very disappointed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Classism, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicide, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Drug use, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child death, Gore, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Slavery, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Addiction, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Trafficking, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, and Incest

emimli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Classism, Body horror, Ableism, Gore, Violence, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Chronic illness, Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Excrement, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Addiction, and Pedophilia

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, and Chronic illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Rape

sygritte's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

introverted_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Child death, Mental illness, Drug use, Body horror, Excrement, Sexual content, Suicide, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Medical content, Addiction, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Gun violence, Cursing, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Transphobia, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Rape, Vomit, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest, Lesbophobia, Ableism, Car accident, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Police brutality

miayukino's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Gore, Body horror, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Grief, Rape, Chronic illness, and Body shaming

Minor: Fatphobia and Transphobia

rachkoch's review against another edition

4.25

like every tw imaginable but man this was so good and so fucked up and just like ,,, evil 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Violence, Gore, Death, Body horror, Medical content, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Child death, Chronic illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Transphobia

mcribsy13's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Really good really intense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Chronic illness, Excrement, Mental illness, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Dysphoria, Gore, Kidnapping, Self harm, and Sexual content

wednesdaynn's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

genuinely so good, it completly wraps you in.

the book covers so many topics from a heartbeat fetish to rockstars... its so diverse and unique.

trigger warnings/spoilers next
<spoilers> this book does contain mentions of death, pedophilia, paranoia and other heavy subjects. if you easily get triggered by this dont read it. i personally can handle a lot of gore and usually enjoy it, but the way pedophile's are the opposite of demonized in this book, i'd watch out. <spoilers>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Trafficking, Sexual content, Child death, Self harm, Murder, and Mental illness

stephanies8410's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gore, Cannibalism, and Excrement

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Trafficking, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Child death, and Suicide