Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

9 reviews

arthurjentges04's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense fast-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

5.0

This book was absolutely brilliant! I find short story collections to always be very adventurous & unpredictable, since you can (as is typical for this genre lol) expect a completely new story every few pages. 
Raphael Bob-Waksberg took this concept to a completely new level though! He switched between topics, moods, genres, themes, emotional approaches, underlying meanings, usage of stylistic devices & many more with every single narrative! I rated the 18 stories with an average of 3.8/5, & was deeply touched by many of them. This man is not only a storyteller, but a poet! An artistic genius; an incredibly skilled multitalented mastermind & comedian!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Grief

chris_reads's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Infidelity, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Death, Suicide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

spooderman's review

dark emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Incest, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

_al's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Cancer and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, and Sexual harassment

lidia7's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Cursing

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol

neckili's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Infidelity, and Vomit

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

A hilarious and emotionally profound book. Read this if you want to laugh and cry and feel giddily human.

I found some of the stories a bit strange and slow, thus the 3 stars.

re-read: july 12 
(changed rating from 3 stars to 2)
the book is funny, and really captures the human experience through not-so-human stories. however, nearly none of the stories struck me as very significant, nor excellent. i really enjoyed very few (like the Circus Cashews). the rest was sort of just... meh.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

liilykke's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

I really liked the stories:  Lunch with the Person Who Dumped You, rufus , Rules for Taboo, Move Across the Country and You Want to Know What Plays Are Like?
The author has a really unique voice and every story is completely different. I thought some dragged a bit too long.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Vomit

Minor: Cancer and Suicide