Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

A Dreadful Splendor by B.R. Myers

4 reviews

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

This book follows Jenny, who is a spiritualist that performs seances for the rich as a ruse to steal from them. She knows ghosts aren’t real. When she is arrested and her only chance for to avoid the gallows is to perform one last reading, she agrees. That is until she gets to the home and realizes it may actually be haunted. 

Not at any point could I predict how this mystery was going to pan out. This book was wild. I liked how it was spooky but not enough to give you nightmares.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Incest, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, and Dementia

Several characters are described as "mad," including one encountered directly in the narrative. While her condition is never specified, she experiences auditory hallucinations and is killed while trying to murder the protagonist. The narrator attributes the violence to her illness.

katieconrad's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death and Incest

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail