Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

7 reviews

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This was the most frustrating book I've read in a long while. The writing style is good, the concept is interesting, and the horror is very effective. But...the main character and the plot trajectory are both kind of awful. One of my biggest pet peeves in books is when the main character just has the plot happen to them. They're not making decisions that move things forward, they just stand by and things sort of happen around them. This was very much the case for Erin. Every time it seemed like she was going to finally actually make a choice, she just falls right back into the same place she just came from. I don't necessarily think this was an inaccurate way to portray someone battling an addiction, but in this case it made it difficult for me to really engage with the plot; it became very repetitive and tedious to watch Erin make the same choices over and over with the same results. Not my favourite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Excrement, Grief, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

crowyhead's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Cannibalism, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism

ramblepatch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Car accident

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

this book is crazy. it feels like a fever dream to read. the characters are all pretty insufferable but luckily it didn’t ruin the experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

It gave off What Moves the Dead and Mexican Gothic vibes, but still a good morbid read. Didn’t care for any of the characters though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Racism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

nugsforbugs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol