Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

All's Well by Mona Awad

80 reviews

moxiereads's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

annaonthepage's review against another edition

4.0

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this all the way through to the end, which left me dissatisfied. It really spoke to me as an actor and a woman with chronic pain. The elements of Macbeth woven into the story were delicious. There were some cheekily haunting refrains and a brilliant sense of character in the protagonist and her friend. I just wish it had committed fully and not pulled the punches in the end - it felt very much like a horror, with a building sense of dread, but then blew the threat away to turn it into magical realism. Which, I guess if you're reimagining Shakespeare, isn't unlikely. It's just not a trope that fit the rest of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Abandonment

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexism, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Hard to guage content warnings for this book as a lot is of questionable reality and implication rather than graphic on-page fact, so have tried to enter with fitting levels of each instance.

nathiddles_106's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

smolfrog's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Fucking insane. A worthy follow-up to Bunny. Witches, madness, chronic pain, & Shakespeare. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death, Infertility, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

jettiphoned's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

alicemorrison1029's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Absolutely obsessed with everything Mona does. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts

clarethomsen's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

glassflowrr's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This one was not quite as punchy and feverish as Awad's other novels, but I still enjoyed it. Definitely recommend starting here if you aren't sure you'll like her more dreamlike and feverish stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail

chris_reads's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical trauma

Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

rrrose's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Abandonment