Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Drift by C.J. Tudor

19 reviews

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

Meh. I liked the setting and the way it’s sort of an anthology story but with a spin on it. But the whole epidemic never works for me and I found the actual plot itself predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Antisemitism

georgie_kc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

k_a_t_y's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death and Cursing

Minor: Animal death, Racism, and Vomit

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death

thursdd4y's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

chainsawheartbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Damn! There’s more twists and turns in this than a goddamn maze, and I loved it! 

The story is separated into three different narratives and all of them have different strengths, and sometimes weaknesses. But even when I was less fussed about that particular narrative I still wanted to keep reading to find out what happened. 

This book isn’t a typical dystopian horror, there’s so much to it, and although a part of me suspected certain things, I still had way more questions than answers until the end. 

I never expected to get through this as fast as I did, but I just couldn’t put it down. 

Perfect for a blustering, cold winter night, when the wind is whistling and you just can’t seem to shift that chill in your bones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

mtnest's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

nika_nix's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The concept of this book is brilliant and very ambitious. Unfortunately, the execution is lacking in many ways. I feel like the world is not explained well enough, I was left with many questions. Also, the final goal was not clear to me, where was the plot going the whole time? Way too many characters that didn't matter anyway, complex explanations for things that just turned out to be conveniences, no explanation for thing that actually mattered. I liked the idea behind how the three timelines connected and what the author tried to do with the three different povs but it just didn't work out in the end. I'm very disappointed becuse in theory, this could've been my favorite book, it has all the tropes I love. However, I'm left feeling kinda meh and the experience was very underwhelming. I'm hoping I have better luck with C. J. Tudor's next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cursing, Self harm, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

tealightfultomes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is hands down my favourite read this year. I couldn't put it down and didn't see any of the twists coming. I won't do a detailed review because I think this book is best to go into blind, but DAMN. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Excrement, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

tbretc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic