Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

29 reviews

violetbooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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: Body horror, Death, Grief, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Genocide, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

herelieshenry's review

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Animal death and Body horror

Minor: Cancer and Gore

Plant-based body horror

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This was simultaneously creepy and chilling... and beautiful and heartwarming. It's a story of a family of strong women getting together and overcoming a creature from indigenous folklore, called a wheetigo, haunting their grieving family. This is one of the first horror books I have read so far that have gripped me in fear enough to not make me want to listen to this at night before I fall asleep, and yet once I started reading, I had a hard time putting it down (I only did out of familial obligations since I read this during a visit to family). The heart of it, though, revolves around strong connection between sisters, aunts, and mothers, working through difficult family conflict and learning to deal with death together. Absolutely recommend.

(I may have knocked half a star because some of the body horror really did turn my stomach to a point where I had to pause so I didn't actually throw up myself. A little too much for me but that might be something another reader would love to pick up.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Cancer

Minor: Vomit

zombiezami's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

queersubtext's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Body horror, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Addiction and Cancer

essiie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Vomit, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, and Terminal illness

leannanecdote's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

musicalpopcorn's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

When MacKenzie starts having terrifying dreams, she decides to return home to try and get to the bottom of the mystery.

I enjoyed this story. It was spooky and layered. I did find that the book got a bit repetitive with the secret keeping and lying. It kind of felt like MacKenzie and her family had to learn that lesson more than once. Apart from that, the characters were interesting and had a lot of dimensions. I was very intrigued in where the story would go. Nice one for a spooky afternoon read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

dragongirl271's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Cannibalism

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is so beautifully written and deeply haunting. It made my scalp tingle a few times. 

Mackenzie is a young Cree woman who is suddenly able to take things from her dreams and bring them into the waking world. Her dreams are of the past and they are trying to tell her something. 

Her best friend encourages her to talk to her family about what she’s going through and after a phone call with one of her aunties she knows she needs to go home. 

As Mackenzie starts trying to mend her relationships with her family they all begin to learn they have more in common than they ever realized. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Colonisation