Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Bloed en beenderen by Tomi Adeyemi

5 reviews

ivi_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

Great storybuilding and storytelling. Gives you a glimpse into African mythology and religions.
I felt myself rooting for the characters who fight to bring magic back

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Medical content

mattyb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, Genocide, Child death, Death, Body horror, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, War, Trafficking, Colonisation, Murder, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Classism, Dysphoria, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Gore

Minor: Alcohol and Animal cruelty

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is my second read, first listen. Just as good in each format. Don’t skip the author’s note. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Colonisation, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Hate crime, Stalking, Animal death, Child death, Medical content, Racism, Slavery, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

lunep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

Another TW: Colorism

kristinesreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Rape