Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

19 reviews

batcaves's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

auntiejamie's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

A cruel book full of Boomer logic and pearl-clutching. Tediously long and overbearing; the story, the places, and it's characters are not nearly as interesting as to justify this toilet paper scroll that is hellbent on telling you just what's wrong with "today's generation."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Rape, Transphobia, Death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, and Racism

lady_bountiful's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

phantomgecko's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

An ending just ambiguous enough to really make the novel great. Are the questions really answered or  ???

idk, this was an interesting read. Long, but it wouldn't have been as satisfying shorter. I saw someone put this on a list of books they weren't smart enough to read, and I kinda get why. There're layers here, but it's enjoyable even at a high level.

Characters annoyed me at first, but they grew on me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Terminal illness

nostoat's review against another edition

3.0

Here's the thing. I don't think this book was good but it was extremely compelling, and the elements of mixed media were fun. However. The main character is weirdly misogynistic, considering this book was written by a woman as far as I can tell, and there's also casual racism sprinkled throughout. The narrative voice wasn't off-putting enough that I DNF'd but it did have me constantly looking at the back flap to be SURE it wasn't written by a man because of the constant misogyny. And the way the book flirted with "the inherent madness of genius" and all of that bullshit. It was compelling though....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Terminal illness

cowboyaj's review against another edition

2.0

i'm sorry...but he literally said the chicken in a chinese restaurant was PROBABLY CAT??
man fuck this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Misogyny, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Transphobia

coffeespooncait's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Suicide, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia, Mental illness, Transphobia, and Drug use

amichreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Gaslighting, Violence, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

philomathean's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Cancer

sylvestra's review

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Child death

Moderate: Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness