Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Oracle Code by Manuel Preitano, Marieke Nijkamp

6 reviews

ellornaslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Abandonment and Gun violence

blackcatkai's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious medium-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

4.0

CW: gun violence, gaslighting, ableism, medical content, human experimentation

this was cute & had the best art. it was mysterious, though not entirely surprising for me personally, I could see it being twisty & surprising for the target audience! I had fun and it was heartwarming & had a great message of bravery, loving yourself, and how everyone is already a whole person regardless of physical ability or lack thereof. thoroughly enjoyed!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gun violence, Ableism, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma

skrulls's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-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: Medical trauma, Child abuse, Medical content, Gun violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child death, Ableism, and Confinement

spinesinaline's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

Totally didn’t realize this was part of DC Comics until Commissioner Gordon was mentioned! You don’t need to be familiar with DC or Barbara Gordon to follow along, but DC fans will pick up on some of the clues faster (I was sharing with my partner as I read and he recognized a lot of the characters).

The book’s main focus is disability and empowerment. I can’t speak to the accuracy but the author identifies as disabled and it does feel like care was taken in this representation. It is more challenging to read as Barbara is working through trauma and her initial reaction to this change. Plus, there are comments about people with disabilities having to be “fixed”, though these ideas are directly challenged.

Even without a background knowledge of this character, I enjoyed the story and liked that it could stand alone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Medical content

Moderate: Death and Forced institutionalization

dogbuttsandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence