Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

10 reviews

ta_ma_ra_gj's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

rainbowarpaint's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

issyd23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

3.0

Immensely captivating with a disappointing & rushed ending. Gives ‘I Love Dick’ by Chris Kraus energy 3❤️‍🔥

NB Personally disagreed with 90% of the protagonists’ thoughts & actions + her critiques of feminism, consent & cancel culture in a post me too era - but worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lauramparis's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

sderrig's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sydneybedell's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit, Stalking, and Pregnancy

literarylion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Pros:

• Impeccable character development
• The pacing matched the weird twists the story took so every choice the characters made was contextualized and made sense
• Definitely a unique take on a college drama

Cons:

• Some of the more minor characters were caricatures
• I was a bit confused about whether Jonas was critiquing rampant sexual harassment in academia or claiming the reaction to it was disproportionate. Maybe a little of both?   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mariexcelsior's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kayschwe's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

alylentz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-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

I really appreciated the dynamic and nuanced conversations about power dynamics throughout this. It took some turns I wasn't expecting, some of which felt more heavy-handed than others. But the narration throughout was almost addictive and this was definitely an enjoyable and thought-provoking read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail