Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

34 reviews

jakirby's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Abandonment, Homophobia, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Racism, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Violence

3littlewordz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcoholism, Grief, Abandonment, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, and Deadnaming

Minor: Kidnapping

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

For me, a little bit of a slow start, but once it got into it, I was in it. There were a lot of sad moments, and the ending was pretty fulfilling for me. Would def be open to reading more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Murder, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

killmoore_'s review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Razorblade Tears was perfect in every way. Tons of very heavy content and gore, but so beautifully written it was like watching a movie. I'll be thinking of this story for years to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Deadnaming, Addiction, Outing, Sexism, Cancer, Car accident, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Terminal illness, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Racism, Transphobia, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

rwgabbard's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Cancer, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Gore, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Cursing, Drug use, Violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug abuse, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Grief, and Murder

cadence99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I really wanted to like this more than I did as it came highly recommended, but unfortunately it wasn’t a runaway hit for me. A story of two fathers, brought together in their quest for vegance after the murder of their sons. Throughout, both grapple with how their homophobia towards their sons destroyed their relationship. I liked the fast paced, whodunnit aspects of this novel but did struggle a bit with the intense graphic nature of it. If you have a weak stomach, this book likely won’t go over super well. Our characters are as morally grey as you can get, stopping at nothing to attain their own version of justice. I think there is a conversation to be had here about how the only way these characters were able to accept their sons was at the cost of their lives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Racism, Murder, Cancer, Lesbophobia, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Deadnaming, Death, Medical content, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Addiction, Body horror, Grief, and Kidnapping

hkveit's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Alcoholism, Racism, Homophobia, Hate crime, Violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Sexism, and Transphobia

Minor: Excrement, Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Grief

denjzen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Deadnaming

Minor: Terminal illness

davinmotion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I read this for my mystery book club and I picked it up a bit begrudgingly at first. The back cover didn’t reel me in. As I started reading though the characters slowly began to pull me in and I quickly became invested in the story. I appreciate the thoughtfulness of this book and how it handles the LGBTQIA+ community and the hardships they face daily. At times it’s hard to read because it makes you uncomfortable and in my case, upset because you want to call characters out for their actions. However many of the characters are written so well that you can empathize with them even if you don’t agree with them, often leading to them developing into someone you can really respect. The only characters that don’t really receive this treatment are the villains, who remain mostly one note, so it’s very easy to dislike and condemn them. I can think of only one villain character that had a speck of morality, so I wish that was explored more, showing that not everyone “bad” has to stay that way. Overall, I enjoyed this more than I thought I would and I’ll happily check out the author’s other work! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Torture

crystal689's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Grief, Homophobia, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Cancer, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence