Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Kisscut by Karin Slaughter

17 reviews

ksuppes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

My first time reading a Karin Slaughter novel, and I really enjoyed this! I couldn’t put it down once i got into it, and the story was very captivating and well written. The only reason I marked this a 4.5 rather than a 5 is i wasn’t sure where the authors standing on the character of Sibyl’s sexuality. I couldn’t decipher whether the homophobia towards her was just the character of Lena’s thoughts on her, or the author’s actual opinion. So because of that, i knocked a .5 from my rating! 

Didn’t realise this was the second book in the series until i started reading, but i will now be picking up the rest of the series as I think the writing and characters are very interesting! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

janachigo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Dementia, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

lealovesbooks's review against another edition

dark

2.5

This one was rough. Probably would have skipped if I had read the trigger warnings first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bertienomi91's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

fkshg8465's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

I don’t know how this author does it. Somehow she takes the darkest of humanity and makes it something I want to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

creative_potato's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Cancer and Trafficking

dragonwithagirltattoo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lisettemarie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Death of parent

bookwormatheart's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail