Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Die Chroniken von Rotkäppchen - Allein im tiefen, tiefen Wald by Christina Henry

3 reviews

ms_read's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I was ready to give the book 5 ⭐️ until the end. It felt sudden. I would have been fine with even one more chapter to show what happened after the big reveal instead of a quick recap of 25 days chapter. 
The final paragraph made sense as the ending, I just wanted more information beforehand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, and Car accident

aely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexism, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, Abandonment, and War

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

gory and greatly entertaining!
a story that keeps you on your toes. reading this for the second time made me realize quite a few details that i hadn't noticed before.

the characters were great - diverse without feeling like some sort of caricature. i loved red and her attitude, loved the dynamic between her and adam (their conversations and banter were so painfully real for siblings) and her whole personality in general. her family was nice, and the two kids, too.
henry is just so good at writing children. they seem almost lovable when she writes them.

and i liked the story. sometimes the inevitable encounters with soldiers and so forth felt a little forced and unrealistic, maybe even a bit repetitive (but that might also just be because of my already having read the book once).
one of the major plot twists (

these slug parasite monster thingies

) was a little random, i guess?? entertaining, but really random.
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i mean, these thingies were introduced in the middle of the book and then it wasn't even resolved in the slightest. just i know this book is about a deadly virus, but by the way, some government lab also created an otherworldly weird science-fiction ass, human-eating monster that nests in people's stomachs. like whuuut

)

but whatever, it's fine. great book, great characters, great story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Violence and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Vomit, and Grief