Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

4 reviews

jkunke's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5

I love the premise and the fact that it’s set in Seattle and the surrounding area. I love that it’s an apocalyptic story told from the perspective of animals. The writing style didn’t speak to me; the voice felt forced and felt like it was trying too hard. Some of the storytelling was too on the nose, and it felt drawn out and repetitive (we went here and found it was destroyed and full of zombies, then we went there and found it was destroyed and full of zombies, then we went a third place and…) The majority of characters were male.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Medical content, and War

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

aardwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

When you go high concept, you have to nail it. There are moments that veer too saccharine or too gruesome where the balance fails, but overall, the Hollow Kingdom sticks that landing. ST's voice wobbles from time to time, but he draws you in anyway. The post-apocalyptic adventure log is a forgiving genre. Come for the touching moments, stay for the nightmarish body horror. The book falls into a few amateurish pitfalls, namely that main characters have deaths and sacrifices mourned and treasured while nameless side characters fall by the wayside immediately forgotten, and the clumsy attempts to shoehorn science into what is clearly a supernatural change, but ST and friends carry you past. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Cannibalism

bodiesinbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Racism, Suicide, Excrement, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Car accident

nxclx's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad fast-paced

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

4.25

This book was recommended for a Pisces, and I don't know if all Pisces will enjoy it, but I thought it was very enjoyable and hilarious. S.T. is a mofo and a crow, and while there was a part around 75% that kinda lost me, I got pulled back in and loved the ending.

Also, read the warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Sexual content and Murder

It's the fall of humanity to a virus that causes grotesque mutations from a crow's perspective - what do you expect?