Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

20 reviews

inkwellimps's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is the book that convinced me to give modern fiction a try again. I thoroughly enjoyed this elaboration on Frankenstein--I was extremely invested in the characters Mary and Maisie, as well as the Victorian worldbuilding. I could feel Mary's passion for science as if it was my own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Child death, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Racism, Body horror, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Religious bigotry

The child death is in two characters' backstory and not explicitly shown.

ellenigrace's review

emotional hopeful tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Body horror, Chronic illness, Drug use, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

rainstar's review

dark 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: Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Body horror, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism and Chronic illness

luc_223's review

dark slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Animal death, Addiction, Grief, and Chronic illness

elys3's review against another edition

challenging dark 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: Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Murder, Child death, Sexism, Blood, Chronic illness, Grief, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Colonisation, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

rowan2323's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Content Warnings: child death, misogyny, racism, body horror, blood

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Racism, Addiction, Child death, Classism, and Misogyny

emsies's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Frankenstein meets Jurassic Park, but make it gay(er).

It's totally the Loch Ness monster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism, Miscarriage, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Sexual harassment, and Ableism

eleanora's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Child death, Violence, Homophobia, Gore, Lesbophobia, and Sexism

Minor: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Gore, Animal death, Death, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Murder

amy_church's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gun violence