Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

4 reviews

josefineisreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I mean I’m glad I read it. As another reviewer said it was like an info dump, an absolute overload of information. The plot moved along slowly that I really had to force myself to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

gabrielleclarke05's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Very good, I just wish it didn’t take half of the book to actually get into the plot but after that it was great. I enjoyed the characters and the twist was fun the pacing was just off

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Body horror, Confinement, Mental illness, Vomit, Death, Religious bigotry, Dysphoria, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, and Self harm

madinhoa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Animal death, Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Medical content, Gore, Grief, Excrement, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

kylajaynebooks's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Excrement, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Cannibalism