Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

53 reviews

alienexpert's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization

kylosten's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Pacing was a little weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Medical content

kermittuesday's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Not my usual fare but it was very well written and captivating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Chronic illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

callmetheyo's review

dark 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? Yes

2.25

It was a decent book.  It had 2 "wow they really did that" moments and that was it. I would recommend it to readers who wanted to dip their toe into horror/mystery books. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Blood, and Chronic illness

lucyyybee's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

Super disappointed in this book. The title, reviews and cover art really convinced me this would be good. I can’t imagine someone actually finding this book horrifying or thrilling. Several times I believed the book was finally getting creepy but it always went back to underwhelming. “You’ll be desperate to discuss the ending once you’ve recovered from the shock of it.” WHAT? I was shocked at how boring it was. I was hoping the end would have a major twist or insane explanation of the rest of the book. Don’t judge a book by its cover, this is truly the definition of anticlimactic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

_lars_'s review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Violence, Ableism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Abandonment

There was some really uncomfortable

sexual scenes described from a child's perspective & then more sexual scenes acted out by said child

averagemugglereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment and Sexual content

klhunter42's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Chronic illness

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Chronic illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Sexual content, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Child abuse

rorunyon96's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma