Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

5 reviews

ethuiliel's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Torture, Transphobia, and Police brutality

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Transphobia, and Abandonment

indeedithappens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

thewildmageslibrary's review

adventurous emotional

3.5

I did enjoy this! The pacing was a little weird - I have no idea how much time actually passed in the story. I loved the characters and did not know what to expect half the time. XD Will definitely read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, and War

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Transphobia

valpyre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

[audiobook]
3.5 stars

it honestly took me a <i>really</i> long while to get into this book. i am glad i stuck with it -- it has a lot of heart and nuance. i personally found the plot fairly straight-forward (which is not a bad thing!) and for me, that gave it a more childish vibe than i was expecting. i did come to appreciate that as a balance to some of the heavier topics that were dealt with throughout, and i thought it was a fresh tone considering the protag and friends were teenagers. the dialogue throughout was kind of simplistic, in my opinion, and sort of broke immersion for me at times. 

i enjoyed the inclusivity throughout the book, because anders showed that having such decency throughout didn't make for a utopia. the book actively confronted some of the more meta features of itself (like the types of alien species represented). i enjoyed and was touched by my listening experience, but i doubt that i'll be continuing the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail