Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

4 reviews

ceridwen33's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.5

Craft-wise, this lives up to the first in the series. Emotionally it's slightly lighter than its predecessor but was still so dark that I put it down for two years because it got to be too much during the earlier days of the pandemic. I'm glad I finished it, but it was rough to get through emotionally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Violence

biobeetle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Chronic illness and Stalking

vigil's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

not as good as the fifth season, but nowhere near bad. the entire book is a slowburn for the real plot coming in towards the end, but i didn’t mind what i was reading in the meantime.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rockemodrums's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Cannibalism