Reviews tagging Chronic illness

Her Body and Other Parties, by Carmen Maria Machado

5 reviews

lmaloney's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Self harm, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Addiction, Gaslighting, Gore, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Dysphoria, and Eating disorder

Minor: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Child abuse, and Cursing

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Sexism, Blood, Drug use, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Child death

The first story, The Husband Stitch, has depictions of underage sex; the second story, Inventory, also describes sexual interactions between minors. Inventory and Mothers depict relationships with questionable age gaps.

ruthbreakher's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

The book is confusing at times, but maybe I just need to read this like I'm a engl 302 teacher

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Eating disorder, Death, Violence, Injury/injury detail, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Rape, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Murder, Medical content, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Death, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

ejr1904's review

dark funny tense slow-paced

3.25

It was hit and miss. 

I wanted so desperately to fall in love with all of these tales, but only a couple of them resonated. The Inventory was sensational and the ribbon was a really fascinating modernized version of urban legend. It was dark and nostalgic. 

I felt like the SVU story missed the mark. It was long, over imagined, and was difficult to track. I was most excited for that, but I was neither moved by the meaning nor the prose. 

Her writing is impactful and the subject matter is crucial, I was just left with wanting a bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

ellyrivera's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Body shaming, and Eating disorder