Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Membrana by Chi Ta-wei

19 reviews

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

spookfish's review against another edition

There is one thing I cannot read of, and that is paedophilia. I’m so sad because otherwise I was finding the discussion in this book interesting, though uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer and Blood

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Super fascinating setting and themes around bodily autonomy and privacy, intimacy, identity, and reality and perception. The writing style is a bit stilted and heavy on telling (Heinrich's translation of Last Words from Montmartre reads very differently, so I'm inclined to think this is also a quirk of the original); I think it generally suits the narrative but does make the twist come off a little overexplained. Heavier on philosophy than hard science, and definitely shows its age at certain points, neither of which I say as particular negatives -- overall, very interesting read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Viral infection. Climate change/pollution in the setup.

imrereads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Wow, wow, just wow. The more I think about this, the more impessed I am. I'm going to write a proper review for this, but this was fucked up and incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

asleepyreader's review against another edition

reflective 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Medical trauma

Moderate: Pedophilia

ireadinbed's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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

3.75

This book is so hard to rate! 

I can't say i 'enjoyed' it? But i was very interested and invested. And i told a ton of people about it! 

I think the fact that skin care is so central to the story makes it feel very timely! But the ozone hole bit makes it feel more dated to its time. 

The dichotomy of the many Andies was my fave part

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

scifi_rat's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

leguinstan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Medical trauma

Minor: Animal cruelty, Rape, and Sexual content

Medical trauma: specifically there is a lot of sugery-related trauma. child abuse: half a page of child molestation

emteef's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape