Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

4 reviews

mvegag's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

All I can say is this is an unconventional war related book that says everything and nothing. 
Highly recommend to highlight or underline things throughout first read because you WILL want to reread as soon as you finish this.
Really easy to read with a lot to unpack, loved the book and the author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and War

goongus's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

I was hesitant to start this after DNFing catch-22 but the inclusion of aliens turned it from war satire to batshit insane. The second half of the book gets funnier too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

count_of_carabas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

dominic_caudill's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

But did anyone ever consider: war is bad?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma