Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

36 reviews

stindex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical content, Rape, Violence, Self harm, and Sexual content

gna_again's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Excrement, Addiction, Blood, Rape, Medical content, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Death, Child death, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Violence, Self harm, Pedophilia, Murder, and Mental illness

veposve's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Torture, Pedophilia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Excrement, Body horror, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Medical content, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Child death

Moderate: Cannibalism

mijtje's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.25

The only thing interesting about this book was the cover.

“Meat” and “Kids Who Come Back” saved it from 1 star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Child death, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Mental illness

sara_n's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Medical content, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Cannibalism, Blood, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Excrement, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Vomit, and Drug abuse

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Suicide, Child death, Drug abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, and Trafficking

fairytalefootnotes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Transphobia, Murder, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Body horror, Death, Violence, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Self harm, Medical content, and Suicide

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Sexual violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Death, Child death, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Vomit, Rape, Trafficking, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, and Excrement

Moderate: Police brutality, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Sexism, Misogyny, Confinement, Incest, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

brigg_sy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

Horrible, vile, disgusting, and weird. An incredible selection of short stories that are so well-written, and enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Vomit, Mental illness, Murder, Gore, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Pedophilia

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

I enjoyed some in this selection, felt some were very meh, but overall enjoyed the writing and creepy factor. Def check trigger warnings because some of it can be quite graphic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Medical content, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Death, Sexual content, and Trafficking