Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult

4 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-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

3.0

I remember watching a documentary about someone like Luke. I was so distracted by this memory the whole time I was reading the book that I was less tapped into it than I might’ve been. So I found myself not really loving this one, but more could I find a lot of fault with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Medical trauma, Car accident, Homophobia, Infidelity, Alcohol, Animal death, Medical content, Abandonment, and Death of parent

kiwichill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Animal death, Abandonment, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Excrement

cultbyproxy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Jodi Picoult was sure to mention that each member of a pack has a role and in the role of author she is one of few who can hold my attention with multiple narrators. The meticulous detail with which she writes each characters perspective whilst integrating all the research she has done on wolves and zoology is heavily deserving of this 5-star rating. 

Jodi had my eyes, heart and mind glued to every word and this has been a worthy reread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Infidelity and Animal death

hannahmcd94's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

I’ve read a lot of Jodi Picoult and usually enjoy them but this one just fell a bit flat. She really tried to ramp up her typical moral dilemma but it didn’t feel as unusual or really stuck in the middle as some - it was either let someone die or let them exist without living. And usually she has big dramatic court cases but again, the case was just a bit meh - if the first one hadn’t got thrown out I think the moral dilemma would have been ramped up and this would have been a way more interesting story. I also felt there were quite a lot of stereotypical gay characteristics attributed to Edward that really weren’t necessary - but they seemed to stop towards the latter stages of the book. Overall, a quick read, well researched information on the wolves, but just a bit “meh”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death