Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Δάκρυα Ξυράφι by S.A. Cosby

77 reviews

crystal689's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Grief, Homophobia, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Cancer, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence

darcihanson's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I rated this book a 4 because it was pretty violent for me. I was sometimes dreading reading it. There were a few twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Cancer

readwithinthespines's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Gore, Homophobia, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

alicelalicon's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Homophobia, Racism, Physical abuse, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Grief, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Gore, Alcohol, Sexism, Hate crime, Car accident, Death, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, Classism, and Cancer

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Cancer, Transphobia, Blood, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

brittanyisbooked's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, and Homophobia

Moderate: Transphobia

power0911's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! S. A. COSBY is an outstanding author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Death, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Gun violence, Biphobia, Trafficking, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Racism, Cursing, Gore, and Grief

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

This was a very good book. It wa a wild ride and I'm going to be thinking about it for a long time. It was such a hard read. I thought I'd zip through it but it was so heavy and raw, I had to keep putting it down to grapple with my emotions. 

I really loved S. A. Cosby's writing. The imagery and the phrases used to evoke it often had me laughing so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Transphobia, Medical content, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, and Deadnaming

middleagedbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

Loved this book. Made me cry like a baby. So much beauty amongst such violence and hard truths. S.A. Cosby is a gifted writer, and his humor definitely shines through in this story. Overall, just a great book with lots of thought provoking & heart wrenching content! Also, I didn’t know there was so much (very descriptive) violence throughout, so just be prepared 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Cancer, Murder, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Violence, Death of parent, Racism, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

sabsboutin's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Death, Cancer, Car accident, Deadnaming, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Homophobia