Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Pharmacist by Rachelle Atalla

9 reviews

el_viral's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book a great deal, the small world that was created was very believable, and left you wondering what was actually outside the bunker. I did, however, find the ending flat. I know we don't always get a fully rounded out ending with all the loose ends tied up, but this felt like it just stopped, as if Atalla had just run out of things to say. Overall though, still a very enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder

hannahri0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape

michellekm's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death

witchy_things's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

moyesie11's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Body horror, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Police brutality, Medical content, Cannibalism, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

landsaye's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Amazing post-apocalyptic read, the ending was a bit predictable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

lecari's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I didn't like the main character, she was awful. And while I got used to the lack of punctuation marks I didn't understand why they weren't used. I would have liked more information on what had happened to cause them to go into the bunker. It feels like a lot is unexplained. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Suicide, Vomit, and Abortion

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

redroseses's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Infertility, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit and Abortion

abbyeck's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, and Grief