Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

La memoria di Babel by Christelle Dabos

7 reviews

a_islandcriptid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gaslighting, Murder, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Confinement

goldenjunegem's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Confinement, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

allisonmspiers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Violence, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Dementia, Death, Grief, and Ableism

Minor: Sexual content

sunlily's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Bullying, Classism, and Confinement

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

anarchist_al's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

Review of entire quartet on last book. I did miss the Pole setting, and starting on Babel took some time to get interesting hence the four stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Bullying, Body horror, Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Infertility

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

An okay edition to this series. I really enjoyed Babel, even if it felt a little long and like we were spending a lot of time there. The asides with Victoria were interesting and I would have liked to have read more. <SLIGHT SPOILER> I also wish that there was more Thorn and Ophelia content. Like she find him and it feel like such a non-event after three years. And then they have the little mini conflict that would have been solved by them just talking to each other. Very frustrating<SLIGHT SPOILER OVER>. I found the reveal in this one to fall a little flat for me, but we'll see how the last book in the series wraps things up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Xenophobia

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Confinement, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

ellaensorcelee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I am just a ball of emotions after finishing this I love this series so much oh my god

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Body horror, Confinement, Death, and Forced institutionalization

Graphic: Bullying - a character is bullied in a school setting throughout the book. No physical harm is involved. Moderate: Murder - several characters are murdered and their deaths are described but not in intensely graphic detail. Minor: Body horror - a couple characters have features that are not "normal" for humans, but they are not described graphically. Confinement - one character is temporarily put into a cell. Forced institutionalization - one character is forcibly institutionalized. It is mentioned several times, and we briefly see the character in the institution.