Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

20 reviews

lonelylooper's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Murder, Blood, and Death

Minor: Grief

nerdysread's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Préféré au premier. Jack et Jill etaient deux persos qui m'intriguaient beaucoup alors forcement un livre avec elle j'allais pas dire non. Et franchement j'adore. Si tous les livres ont une qualité superieure au précédent ça va vite devenir ma série fav

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, and Blood

Minor: Fatphobia and Body shaming

harleyqueen's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

The origin story of Jack and kills adventure in the moors - the portal world they fell into . A book of discovery and understanding the choices you make can have consequences 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content

twistykris's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

This novella delves more into Jack and Jill's backstory, which was briefly mentioned in the first book.

It was interesting to hear how their personalities evolved when they were growing up around their parents vs when they were in Their World. 

A very dark, compelling continuation of the Wayward children, and I can't wait to continue the series.

This book

made me hate Jill even more because of what she did to Alexis, her sister's lover. I really wanted to empathize with her desire to be wanted and appreciated but UGH she's terrible..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, and Medical content

rahrahjay's review

adventurous dark sad 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: Medical content and Blood

Moderate: Fatphobia

gayledayle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

As an identical twin, there are several passages, especially in the first quarter, that made me nearly cry with a sense of recognition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Murder

75% of the book is spent in a world that is described as belonging in a classic horror movie, so while none of the 'moderate' warnings are main focuses, they are pervasive throughout the background. The emotional abuse is primarily in the first quarter, and is a main focus.

anastasia_raf's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Medical content, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping

kimmychii5's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gore, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, and Grief

Minor: Fatphobia

Down Among the Sticks & Bones is an exceptionally well written story of two sisters who never learned how to be themselves, but thanks to a magic door, they learn about themselves and who they want to be. This story is about love in all it’s different forms and that no matter what happens, always be your true self.

ynadavis's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Fatphobia

belladsb's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

-January 2022- 

4.5 Satrs

C.A.W.P.I.L.E. : 8.57

-May 2019-

My heart aches in so many ways...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Mental illness, Body horror, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Violence