Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Wilgotne Miejsca by Charlotte Roche

8 reviews

ella_bibliophile_98's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-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

2.5

Really weird book with quite disgusting and hard to read descriptions of what seemed to be her fetishes and rage against hygiene. But I think that was the point and the author did this really effectively. 

It was a deeply human book which challenge me to enter the mind of the narrator when I didn’t really want to. But by the end of the book I felt for her as she was obviously lonely and her practises of hygiene I think was a way of connecting with people around her and leaving a trace of herself when she feels forgotten by her family and the deep trauma she experienced with her mother.

I’m giving a low score because not much happened and I walked away feeling quite grossed out but still found it quite funny and interesting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

oceange's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

babylumberjackbaby's review against another edition

dark fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Excrement, and Medical content

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body horror and Child abuse

card's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

4.0

Absolutely disgusting, but a good representation of the effects of parental abandonment and trauma 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

sunflower99's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide attempt

I still do not know what to really think about this book but I'm still thinking about it weeks after reading it. While sometimes a litte tiresome, i loved the stream of consciousness narration of Helen for the most part and really liked the jump between her 'gross' thoughts and her trauma

about her mother's suicide attempt

connieischill's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Self harm, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

mcchonchie's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror, Self harm, and Blood

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

meenasbooks's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Incest and Racial slurs