Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Alchemy Of Moonlight by David Ferraro

4 reviews

its_vendetta's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

It's giving "and we'll do it with the power of friendship" but like I'm not mad about it.
Mixed feelings throughout the book, but I decided to round up to 4 bc I truly did enjoy it! 

Mostly rounded up bc they all ended up together in a poly relationship!! THANK GOD. I was going to lose it if he ended up only picking one of them after ALL OF THAT.

I think the thing that threw me off was the amount of plot twists in the book. Like kept me on the edge of my seat for sure, but by the end, I was just expecting another "BUT WAIT-" I just didn't trust anything by the end, which could be a good or bad thing depending on what you like.
I think it was overall a pretty cool book. Loved the romance and tension and the resolution was satisfying for me. The characters had faults which I enjoyed. The plot was tense and horrific at times, but the book had enough lighthearted dialogue and romance to balance it out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide, Homophobia, Confinement, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Classism, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

q_bert13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Interesting read, drags a bit towards the end. Some obvious ‘secrets’ are revealed, with more surprising ones later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Animal death, Body horror, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexism, Outing, and Medical trauma

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

coll24e's review

This book left me wanting. The major plot points, the big bad, relationships (platonic & romantic) all felt surface level. Yes to the poly rep, love to see it! Yes to the discussions of power dynamics specifically with love interests of varied social/financial status in a historical setting. All the gothic themes are there, mostly in the last third of the story, racing to the end. That said, the depictions of gore/horror and general creepiness were well done. - Readers with arachnophobia may want to skip this book. 

If the audiobook is an accessible option I highly recommend. The timber, range and style of the narrator paired well with gothic storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

Detailed descriptions of spiders and the fears around them.

leedolee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

A fast-paced read that kept you on your toes and didn't keep you waiting too long for the story to progress. Definitely a lot more intense when it came to the violence and gore elements so that's my only warning to future readers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Murder, Torture, Violence, Grief, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Medical content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit