Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Giver by Lois Lowry

13 reviews

gandalf_a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mandareads222's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Deportation

allysm0llbean's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

maiahhtratchh's review against another edition

hopeful 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

4.0

Covered this in my class and it was a fantastic book. It’s okay on dystopia and utopia ideologies is honestly top tear

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Medical content

marinapaso11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Medical content and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

the_book_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

jselliot's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

Probably my first introduction to the dystopian genre, and an enduring favorite. The entire quartet is great, but the first book is arguably the best. It certainly made little-me think, and I've come back to it a few times since I first read it.

I see the movie as an alternate universe, and while it's not book-accurate, it's still entertaining for its own reasons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Medical content

laravo21's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Medical content

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

I'm tired of and it's getting ridiculous how I'm always reading anti abortion, anti-pc conservative bs into some books I read but this corny little Brave New World-lite book is riddled with that. Yeah, I'll admit it has engaging writing for its part (

the scene where psycho Father kills the twin baby really did fokn distressed me and I'm having a hard time getting out of my head

), and Jonas is easy to like, and I might have been a Giver stan when I was a kid and in my rebellious, anti-authority figures, ANGERY, I hate everyone days, but now, the book is ott with white pro-life right wing American fears/ideas. Idk Lowry's political leanings but that was the awful end result. The only thing this book has going for itself is that it's a fast read and as whiny as it was it entertained me for the most part. But idk how crazy I am for thinking this, but I'm truly starting to think now that this book is a huge contributer to Americans anti-bike feelings lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Suicide