Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Strange Bird by Jeff VanderMeer

7 reviews

misty_kb's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Torture, and Medical trauma

kuronekostea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is so interesting and follows well with the first in its series, Borne. I felt horrible for this poor woman and the things that happened to her. There were some moments in this book that had my skin crawling and weighed on my heart heavily.
I also loved how this book really added to the world of Borne and this Dystopian society that is happening.
Jeff VanderMeer has such a neat way of telling his stories and twisting complex fantasy with that of science fiction. At this point, I've read several of his works and this was short, but highly effective in twisting my thoughts like his previous novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Torture, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Stalking, and War

rainstar's review against another edition

dark sad

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Medical trauma

valjeanval's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

A beautiful extension of the Borne universe. It’s Vandermeer at his best with weird and wonderful prose and complex perspective taking. While it’s mostly peripheral to the original novel, I wouldn’t read it without having read Borne. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

cursivewolf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Absolutely beautiful. I adore the Strange Bird. A gorgeous tragic creature. Weeping towards the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bakerreads's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

carmexfiend's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

A good and short read. It wasn't as compelling or hitting as Borne but was still enjoyable. You learn more about the world and see it from a new perspective. Characters and events from the Borne are shown and some gaps are filled. Overall, what I liked the most about Borne was how attached I got to the characters and this book doesn't really have that going for it. I'd still recommend it if you enjoyed Borne or like to read non-human POVs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror and Torture

There are several scenes where sapient animals are experimented on and one scene where a character is surgically mutilated without anesthesia.