Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed

6 reviews

blacksphinx's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This was described to me as litfic in a highly speculative setting and I agree. Our main character lives in Canada after the world's fascist governments all collapse under the weight of climate change and a wave of pandemics, culminating in a semi-sapient parasitical fungal infection that passes from parents to children. Our protagonist has received an acceptance letter to a university that is supposed to be safe inside a dome, but no one has ever seen it and there's doubts over if it exists. She angsts a lot about if its selfish to abandon her struggling community for this new opportunity, and how much she struggles with fear over her status as one of the infected.   

I have officially lost all my "pretentious" "artsy" cred because I found it excruciatingly slow. You spend the entire time in the mind of someone on the verge of having a panic attack and who dwells on things for a long time. I actually found myself wishing something would happen. I like slow-paced stories! I don't need to feel "connected" or like the characters are "relatable" to enjoy something! But I could not get into this, I was just begging for it to be over... which is hilarious considering it's a novella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pedophilia and Medical content

mar's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death, Gore, Vomit, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

raptorq's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Blood and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit and Medical content

josiewrites's review against another edition

hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Vomit

legiblescrawl's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Death, and Death of parent