Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Toda a Gente Nesta Sala um Dia Há de Morrer by Emily Austin

17 reviews

smilingzombiess's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-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

As someone who struggles with the same things Gilda does, I found this book oddly comforting. Not only that, but it never failed to keep me in suspense! 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Stalking, Outing, and Alcohol

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

logsbooklog's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.5

this is a quick, engaging read but good lord is it miserable. it’s uncomfortable and all over the place and the vignettes bounce around like pinball, though i acknowledge a lot of this is on purpose. i found a lot of it bordered on misanthropic and the ending speeds through tying loose ends like a bullet train. i didn’t hate it but i didn’t really like it either.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Car accident

nialystic's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

1.75

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Medical trauma

kat_in_a_tree's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Vomit, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

littlelizzieborden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

sofff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Iban a ser 5 estrellas hasta la primera mitad del libro. Perdió un poco de su encanto cuando

Gilda es arrestada, demas de que la muerte de grace parace que se resolvió sin más.

la primera mitad salva el libro completamente. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide

annie_crossings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was like reading my thoughts on a page at a time. It has highly overwhelming but also deeply comforting. Gilda, the main character, felt like me in an almost scary way at times. The ending was incredibly resonant, with things not wrapping up perfectly but with a clear hopeful outlook to the future. I broke out into tears a few times in the book. There were also some very big shocks and twists in the book but all were appropriate.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dementia and Fire/Fire injury

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Vomit

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

melliedm's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

“Thinking about why we exist, and how sad everything is…I keep looking at everyone and thinking, Oh my God, I just want them to smile.”

Gilda is a late 20s lesbian trapped in a painfully familiar cycle of rumination, anxiety, depression, and existential dread. I feel like saying any more than that will tarnish the experience of reading this absolutely fantastic novel, so I’ll refrain. All I’ll really say is that nothing I’ve ever read has come so close to articulating my experience of the world, and now I am a puddle of tears. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Dementia and Fire/Fire injury

autumnrls's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

This book was billed to me by several reviewers as "funny." I cried through the final third.  I find it hard to give a star rating as a result. I think I will be reflecting on this for a long time. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail