Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire

15 reviews

schnaucl's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I liked Harry and Melanie but this didn't feel as strong as Middlegame. 

The ending felt weak.  The labyrinth felt rushed and the confrontations with Aven in particular felt anticlimactic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

bloodmaarked's review

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.5

this was not on the same level as middlegame, sorry

✧ full review on my tumblr ✧

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Colonisation, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

silvernfire's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, and Torture

Minor: Confinement

hanz's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

I enjoyed Middlegame, but this was such a slog. The book could have been way shorter, there was so much repetition and info dumping with characters explaining again and again what was happening to the main characters and also an entire section recapping the world building and plot from the first book. Very little actually happens and the stuff that does is very rushed. 

I thought the "villain" of the book was poorly chosen, and instead of being a generic evil person, it would have been more interesting to grapple with the dangers of science, like in the first book, but this time it could have been more interesting considering the existing character relationships. 

All in all, very little substance despite nearly 500 pages and I won't be continuing with this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Chronic illness, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Torture and Death of parent

strickortreat's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

As a book on its own, this is so good! McGuire comes up with some of the funkiest ideas I've read in a while and I love it. I read Middlegame first, though, and as a follow up to that book it's a little disappointing. Definitely didn't like it as much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death

Minor: Terminal illness, Medical content, and Chronic illness

traa's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Colonisation, Deadnaming, Grief, Pregnancy, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Blood, Torture, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Vomit, and Ableism

saviinvhetin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Stalking, Kidnapping, Torture, and Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

yellow_ylugbug's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, Medical content, and Terminal illness

cassie7e's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Loved the extension of the alchemical world from this sequel. I liked the story/plot and main characters of the first book better, as this one felt  a bit too neat and tidy where the first was convoluted and uncertain, but maybe this one would feel that way too had I not come in w familiarity from the first book.

There were a couple moments where the audiobook seemed to cut off and jump ahead a couple seconds. Not enough to entirely lose context but enough to make the sentence break and feel jarring. But I love this narrator.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Medical content, Torture, and Pregnancy

ninjamuse's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Medical content, and Gore

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Drug use