Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

77 reviews

sagebrush_'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

I have so many questions and they’re all WTF (derogatory)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Confinement, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

hiveofbees's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Violence, Gore, Suicide attempt, Body horror, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical content, and Pregnancy

kurumipanda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Vomit, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Self harm, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Sexism, Grief, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Police brutality, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault and Trafficking

enbyrd44's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.75

Octopus space alien biological warfare, what more could you want!?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Body horror, Death, Blood, and Medical content

lionfish_22's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Body horror, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Cannibalism

timelordshake's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5

This was super interesting & unique, until the alien squid baby birthed from a breast....named Gregory.

Though if that ending leads to a sequel, I'd probably still read it out of morbid curiosity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, and Sexual content

lunarlullabies's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book had me *hooked* throughout the whole thing, but I did feel a bit let down by the ending. Not the strongest conclusion, but still recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Gore

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Cancer

kek513's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

Started strong as an engaging pandemic tale but really lost the the thread halfway through and didn't recover. The POV shifts for the first time at about 50% of the novel and the pacing never recovers, all tension is lost. And I was disappointed in the ending, it felt so limp and unsatisfying. There was some real potential with this setting, and I enjoyed the set-up, but much of the second half felt 'edgy for edgy's sake' and the dialog got weak.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Kidnapping

Minor: Infidelity, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

lady_valhella's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? No

5.0

It is graphic and gory and equal parts frighteningly brutal and beautiful. Getting from a proposal to

a hostile alien terraforming take over by a cephalopod race

is magical!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Colonisation, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Violence, Cannibalism, Confinement, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, and Self harm

cleot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It's not that the writing quality was bad, the story was just intense in a way that isn't to my taste. See content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, and Police brutality

Minor: Racism, Body shaming, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Child death, and Cancer

under-negotiated kink, blood kink, self surgery, sexual gratification from murder, false rape claim, parasite/ parasitic pregnancies