Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

3 reviews

spookily's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Hate crime, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Violence, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, Classism, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicide, Bullying, Child death, Excrement, Misogyny, and Police brutality

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

I think I would have enjoyed this more if I read it instead of listen to the audiobook. I don't know, the narrator's voice acting choices didn't sit well with me most times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

perpetualpages's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

CWs: death; blood; references to terminal illness, massacre, and mass murder; brief reference to suicide ideation; internalized homophobia; antisemitism and antisimetic slurs; non-graphic references to past sexual abuse; fire-related trauma and drowning; and violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Moderate: Death, Blood, Homophobia, and Antisemitism

Minor: Terminal illness, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts