Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

31 reviews

kaiyakaiyo's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I liked this! The ending was predictably unsatisfying but I think that’s what makes it good horror!

Thiago was in turns pathetic and frightening and saddening and my god does that cook give me the willies. 

In the best of ways, this reminded me of SGJ, and Neil Gaiman specifically in OATEOTL and American Gods

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Alcohol, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Death, Car accident, Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, and Deportation

cuddlygryphon's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, and Medical content

gracciee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gore, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts

k80mae's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

"You broke that cycle for me. Thank you for that. Second to I love you, that's the thing I keep wanting to say. Thank you. Besides I'm sorry."

Without a doubt, this is the single best study in grief that I have ever had the privilege to read. Every time I discuss the importance of choosing the correct POV for a story and why it is critical to its success as a narrative, I will be using this as an example. I am someone who is highly critical of first person POV and oftentimes will turn away from books simply because it is the POV used. But the way that this novel masterfully uses the first person, interweaving elements in such a way that it feels as if it is in second person POV, is breathtaking. I cannot imagine this story written in any other way. 

Every bit of strangeness and surrealism bring an impending sense of dread, yet it all pales in comparison to the descriptions of grief. There is no good way to be able to explain how effectively Moreno explored the experience of losing a loved one. This is a book that I only hope people will experience for themselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Animal death, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Medical content

Much of the content in this book is upsetting, but it is all handled with a great deal of care.

catsy2022's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Animal death

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Gore, and Medical content

charliecarey's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

There should be more books where the main character just pisses himself when faced with a monster

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Grief, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Suicide

Moderate: Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

ladyinverse's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Grief

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Medical content

ksuazo94's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Death, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Cancer, Cursing, Alcohol, Medical content, Mental illness, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism

hunkydory's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Cursing, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Xenophobia and Suicidal thoughts

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Ooh this was sooo good. It came to me at the right time too I think. I feel that horror shouldn't only try to be scary, to be good it needs to appeal to one's strong emotions, and this story did just that. Grief is a horror of real life, self-blame even more so. Moreno did excellent work of blending such real life horrors with the supernatural to more deeply illustrate them.

I wish the ending had been clearer but I understand why it wasn't. I wish it had been happier but I understand why it couldn't be. This book is sad but it made me think and that's usually all I ask.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Suicide

Minor: Deportation, Alcohol, Medical content, and Racism