Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel

4 reviews

cosmicspoons's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I have no idea what I just read. But it dragged me right in and refused to let go nevertheless. I delayed my lunch break to finish this one up, in fact.

I had no idea what to expect about this book every time I turned the page. Had no idea it was middle-grade horror when I picked it up but knowing that now it definitely delivered.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit

gracecrandall's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit

azyef's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Ableism, Child death, Chronic illness, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Torture

Minor: Animal death

ireadinbed's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. Which is a surprise because it is WEIRD. 

But it's really engrossingly written and the it has all this interesting commentary about disability and eugenics and also about fear. 

Also wasps are SCARY. 

Would 100% reccommend not just got middle grade readers, but adults as well! Especially scary as the parent of a young child. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Mental illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders