Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Cisnes Selvagens by Jung Chang

4 reviews

a789's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

josiee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

montyalmoro's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

schnarlie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

A deeply fascinating book that helped me understand the history and politics of China while at the same time making me feel deeply with the described people. Highly recommend this to anyone Chinese or interested in China, but also might be interesting to those who aren't either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Classism