Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

5 reviews

jacob_dion's review

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, and Violence

geektastically's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

This was a really interesting and well written book. You feel the inspiration but once you get to the later half of the book some of the content really got to me because of how well the relationships and characters were written. Be careful reading this for sure. I'm only giving it a lower score because the back half really shook me and I had a hard time with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Torture, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Grief, Sexism, Bullying, Car accident, Chronic illness, Vomit, Body horror, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

kshertz's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It’s hilarious and gruesome. Only Grady Hendrix pulls that off flawlessly. It was a fun flash back to the 80s and I related being the elder millennial that I am. I loved the jokes. This is horror though. It starts out easy enough but by the end I was gagging. I could visualize way too much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Blood, Gaslighting, Death, and Animal cruelty

kurumipanda's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Medical content, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Classism, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Death, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Rape, and Forced institutionalization

rosiewawa's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Self harm