Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Please Look After Mother by Kyung-sook Shin

5 reviews

oneslowreader's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

this book has consistently made me reflect on how i lead and have lead my relationship with my parents and my romantic relationship, and how could i continue to keep them this way. i mean this book is such a sweet, sad, and so heartfelt, its made me grateful for the people who are around me, especially my mom.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Medical content, and Chronic illness

Minor: Child death

tlindhorst's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

This story plumbs the depths of family, motherhood, loss, modernity. It is a masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Death, Grief, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Death of parent

cassie7e's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Incredibly sad and reflective. Interestingly, the second person narration did not feel weird, and since the audiobook uses different voices for different people it wasn't confusing either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Medical content

Minor: Death, War, Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Infidelity

jeanniea's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

truly encapsulates the korean culture surrounding family dynamics. was brought to tears various times thruout the book. i couldn’t help but reflect ipon my own life and my own mother. the writing was beautiful. am curious to read it in korean to pick up different nuances. might’ve rated it lower for several reasons, but gave it a 5 for speaking to me on a personal level.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Abandonment and Dementia

Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, Alcohol, Cancer, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

linguaphile412's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Chronic illness, Dementia, Medical content, and Miscarriage