Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

You Feel It Just Below the Ribs by Jeffrey Cranor, Janina Matthewson

14 reviews

standardgoose's review

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Death, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, and Child death

Minor: Gore

cubbykay's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

The Within the Wires series is principally built on unreliable narrators. Such is the nature of a universe where you do not have the freedom to keep your own memories. Even in cases such as Dr. Gregory that predate the Great Reckoning, this novel reminds us that memory is a fragile thing, warped by time and bias. This was an incredible way to flesh out the WtW universe in a way the limited format of a "found audio" podcast could not have delved into. I have some qualms about the footnotes shilling out a bit too much judgment for an organization interested in the preservation of history. But I've settled with the idea that it is a clumsy prod to the audience to not trust every voice, even those that claim to be neutral. Overall, stellar book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, and Death of parent

aileron's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Child death, and Torture

Moderate: Pregnancy, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence and Animal cruelty

quinnjuliac's review

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Psychological torture

kb_icarus3's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Death, Police brutality, Torture, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and War

librarymouse's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-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

I've found that I love the niche of nonfiction/memoirs written about a fictional world and fictional people. I really loved this book. Cranor and Matthewson have a talent for describing a character's descent into into madness/paranoia/a conspiracy as a reasonable, understandable, and extended progression. They way they build suspense is very much like the frog and boiling water metaphor, and they pull you right alongside the characters. Miriam feels like a friend, and I desperately want more information about the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, Genocide, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer

leebeeloves's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Bullying

littlehibou7's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Confinement, and Medical content

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Child death, and Forced institutionalization

cheye13'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Confinement

Minor: Gun violence and Gore

jazhandz's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma