Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

15 reviews

adearajean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

A tense well written book with poetic passages. Kept me hooked and while I didn't enjoy the narrator's voice I did enjoy the characters and twists. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death and Grief

Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, and Suicide attempt

jillaay_h's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sgrunwald96's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Fun thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. A bit like Get Out. Good super natural elements

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Medical content

_sunnysans's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

2.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sargasso_c's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

This book is a marvel and should be taught in literature classes.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

chefboyavi's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This is one of those books I wish I could love. It has a strong premise but the writing style didn’t resonate with me. It’s overwritten in a way that makes me feel like the author doesn’t trust the reader to follow her where she wants you to go. I think if it were a bit more restrained, it would be a great book.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

himpersonal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

OMG. I want to teach a class just on this book!!!! Part historical fiction, part horror, part suspense, part  allegory, and all of it…what is the right word…around, because, triggered by, integrated with, embodies by…racism. This book was a mind bender, and I loved every minute of it, even the gruesome, because there was a point to it all.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

szyca's review

dark mysterious tense 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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Racism, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

bambooboy's review

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Vomit, and Stalking