Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

La casa al final de Needless Street by Catriona Ward

86 reviews

devynvictoria's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I finished this book in just a few days. It was gripping and suspenseful, I couldn’t put it down. The multiple povs and changing timelines got confusing at times, but it’s written that way on purpose and overall added to the mysterious “wtf” elements of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Hate crime and Homophobia

mlewis's review against another edition

I want to come back to this later to write it up more completely, but the short answer is that I grew impatient with the narrators

being clearly a single entity with disassociative identity disorder</>, despite their richness overall. I felt less propelled as the story progressed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Self harm, and Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia and Classism

ekmook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

folkmare's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

If you're looking through reviews trying to figure out if the cat dies, Olivia makes it to the end of the book, but there is other animal death/abuse. A fairly graphic description of killing birds is included.

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

I FUCKING GOT IT RIGHT !!! AHHHHH

This is a book that has you crafting theories from the get go. The foreshadowing and detail in the way this is written is just *chef's kiss*. I want to immediately re-read this just to see how everything connects more clearly. 

Also, EVERYTHING IS ANSWERED IN THE END ! This story does not leave you hanging. There was a point where I was thinking that I was going to rate this 4.5 stars, because of something that was not making sense, but then it was all explained so beautifully, and everything clicking into place just felt so good. I was constantly squealing, shouting, and telling my husband what was happening throughout the last 1/4 of this book. 

My one negative is that I don't feel that the character Dee Dee was actually needed. She didn't impact my enjoyment of the story at all, but I just feel she wasn't utilized much, and ended up feeling more like filler in the end. 

Overall this was a fantastic read that I will be thinking about for quite some time. I know it's only March, but this is by far my favorite read of the year. I think it will be hard to top this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

ninag98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

chloermadsen's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mommarex1221's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

At 25%, I considered DNFing... but I stuck it out. Halfway through, I was finally starting to come around. Pieces of the story were falling into place and the more of the picture I saw the more and more I was blown away. If there's anything that intrigues you about this, please read on. I promise the pay off is worth it. 
I knew from the first few chapters that what Ward had created was masterfully written, even if I questioned what exactly it was that I was reading. This book will stick with me. 
Triggers galore. Explore at your own risk, some may be considered spoilers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

alybark's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

0.25

Mental illness is not a plot device. Gross.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma