Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Bieguni by Olga Tokarczuk

4 reviews

mice_are_nice's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Sexual content

mattyvreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I mean…. Here’s the thing. I think it’s a really good book. It is definitely not for me. 

I found huge pockets of this book to be unfathomably boring, and then suddenly hugely interesting. I think a lot of the writing is sort of inaccessible and a little dense. Then it is captivating and very moving. 

I was greatly intrigued by the themes of connection discovered through exploring these vastly different stories with seemingly uncommon circumstances, and then learning about their commonalities. I was also intrigued by the motif of “kairos”, and fleeting movement. Those themes really worked for me.

I thought the ending would deliver something more powerful, but

if time isn’t linear, then maybe that wasn’t the ending. Ooooooo…..

Idk. Kind of boring overall.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Colonisation, and War

angela_iseli's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, and Medical content

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria