Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

3 reviews

elderwoodreads's review

dark funny mysterious reflective slow-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

This is the most unique book I read this year, possibly ever. Bray's writing style was a little odd at first but once I was in I was in. Everything I have found listed as cons by other readers were pros to me. I loved the plural first person narration, the slow burn, and the overly verbose descriptions. Please give this one a try. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Classism

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and War

fatherprozac's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

Had to really force myself to finish this one as the writing style confused me a lot of the time. Despite only being 360 pages, this book feels really long for some reason (30+ page chapters?). The witchcraft was cool and cute in equal measure, but the sports talk was very boring for me personally. I liked several of the characters but since the focus kept changing between the whole team, I never felt like I got to really know any of them. Unfortunately, by the end I was also completely done with the romanticization of high school girls in sexual relationships with adult men and was ready to put the book down and never pick it up again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Lesbophobia