Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

2 reviews

pinkthinkydink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

This genius novel is a perfect sequel to 'Oryx and Crake'. This Dystopian/Speculative Fiction novel reads like poetry and paints an intricate picture of the failings of humanity. This novel does a bang-up job of answering the questions we are left with after the first novel and once again warns us of the dangers of a hyper-capitalist society. 
this book, however, is not for the faint-hearted. Sensitive readers beware

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sorcha's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Alcohol