Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Cows by Matthew Stokoe

7 reviews

michloue's review

dark tense 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, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Animal death, Gore, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

dumaurier's review

dark slow-paced

0.5

skimmed this because i had superiority complex and thought i could handle it, turns out not really. can’t give the full zero stars bc the plot is interesting to say the very kindest, and the writing is technically engaging. but good god the content …………

Spoiler

out of everything going on in this garbage pile im really getting stuck on the fact bro was jealous of the cow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Excrement, and Gore

vile

anpaul98's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Murder, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage

catsy2022's review

dark mysterious tense 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Gore, Pregnancy, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Murder, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Excrement, Death, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Self harm

cupcait's review

dark tense medium-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

3.75

visceral reaction, decently written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, Bullying, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Rape, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs

yennifer's review

challenging dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Excrement, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Animal death, Gore, Sexual assault, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

dromedaryreader's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

As disgusting as promised. Hated reading every minute but couldn't look away for a second. Disappointed that I might never find another book that does quite what this one does.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abortion, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Excrement, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Incest and Fatphobia