Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

10 reviews

ta_ma_ra_gj's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, Infidelity, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Suicide attempt

rainbowarpaint's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Medical trauma, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

issyd23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Immensely captivating with a disappointing & rushed ending. Gives ‘I Love Dick’ by Chris Kraus energy 3❤️‍🔥

NB Personally disagreed with 90% of the protagonists’ thoughts & actions + her critiques of feminism, consent & cancel culture in a post me too era - but worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexism, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Suicide, Stalking, Misogyny, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Racism, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

lauramparis's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Infidelity and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Body shaming

Minor: Pregnancy

sderrig's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

sydneybedell's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Stalking

literarylion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.25

Pros:

• Impeccable character development
• The pacing matched the weird twists the story took so every choice the characters made was contextualized and made sense
• Definitely a unique take on a college drama

Cons:

• Some of the more minor characters were caricatures
• I was a bit confused about whether Jonas was critiquing rampant sexual harassment in academia or claiming the reaction to it was disproportionate. Maybe a little of both?   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Sexual content

mariexcelsior's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexual harassment

kayschwe's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

alylentz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really appreciated the dynamic and nuanced conversations about power dynamics throughout this. It took some turns I wasn't expecting, some of which felt more heavy-handed than others. But the narration throughout was almost addictive and this was definitely an enjoyable and thought-provoking read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt