Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

8 reviews

penofpossibilities's review

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Drug use, Child death, Death, Sexual harassment, and Hate crime

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Vomit, Alcohol, Abandonment, Addiction, and Violence

Minor: Dementia, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Abortion

eleanora's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Dementia, Sexual assault, Abortion, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, and Sexual content

jacemchale's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I really didn't expect to enjoy this book so much when I started it but now I think a piece of me will hold onto the story and all of it's characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, and Drug use

Minor: Cursing, Dementia, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Alcoholism, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Murder

mallory10100's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? No

5.0

oh my god i loved this book so much, what a creative story. i LOVED how gay it was 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Homophobia, Child death, Cursing, Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, Death of parent, Dementia, Chronic illness, Bullying, Car accident, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual violence, and Vomit

i highly recommend reading this :) at the start i was overwhelmed at the size of it, but it’s very much necessary for this story

spiderwitch's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Death, Child death, Drug use, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Dementia

Minor: Biphobia

violet_pages's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Vomit, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Grief, and Infidelity

emsim's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Dementia, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual assault

isnotacrayon's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Drug use and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Fatphobia and Dementia