Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

5 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

I wanted to like this book more than I did.  The dual timelines broke up the story too much for me.  I preferred the story set in 1980s Chicago to the one in the present day.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Classism, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Ableism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Violence, Vomit, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Grief, Outing, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Blood, Body shaming, Dementia, Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, and Abandonment

cc0906's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, and Medical content

Moderate: Cancer and Excrement

Minor: Police brutality

annaledbetter's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Medical content

Moderate: Police brutality, Grief, and Excrement

Minor: Homophobia

brynngaybee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The prose in this novel is very simple and practical and that makes it punch all the harder for me. I did not struggle to get through it at any point and was interested in the plot and characters at every point. I flet that Yale and his friends were well fleshed out characters that I could connect to. The best review I have is that it made me cry and I'll probably think about it often.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, and Excrement

gagne's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Medical content, Homophobia, Grief, Excrement, Cursing, Blood, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent and Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy