Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

19 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Abandonment, and War

athryn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Much more literary in feel than the previous book, I can see why people don't like this follow up as much. There's seemingly not a whole lot that goes on for a good 3/4 of the book, right up until the end. It's a lot of mystery and pondering of what's actually going on. But I still found it pretty entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer and Death

calico_camaraderie's review against another edition

mysterious tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, and Confinement

Minor: Death and Death of parent

bedtimesnack's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer and Confinement

scifi_rat's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Vomit

aloy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, and Violence

Minor: Death, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

arti_27209's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism

troisha's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Vomit, and Grief