Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

18 reviews

thetomegnome's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

cviii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, and Gore

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Pregnancy, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

niaaaaa's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Dementia, Excrement, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Vomit

leonineliterature's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved it! It just needs to settle within me before I can collect my thoughts and write a more thorough review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

rory1387's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

Chouette by Claire Oshetsky was a wild book to start off 2022. It follows a woman who becomes pregnant with a baby that is half owl, her final decision to keep it, her struggles with juggling her career as a violinist with being a mother to her child, and her frequent fights with her husband over whether or not they should attempt to "fix" their daughter. Oshetsky masterfully constructs believable -- yet some still undeniably toxic -- relationship dynamics that work together to form a realistic backdrop for such an absurd book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Abortion, Confinement, and Domestic abuse

queenbeemimi's review against another edition

challenging

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

A very strange little book. I don’t know quite what to make of the metaphor, which is trying to achieve a lot of  complex things but can veer off into ableism at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical trauma, Gore, Animal death, and Pregnancy

ctrl_shift_dlt's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma and Murder

Minor: Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Cannibalism