Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

19 reviews

bessadams's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Cannibalism

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ddellis08's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Suicide, and Cannibalism

llothspeich's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

sydapel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-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? Yes

4.0

A series of really compelling, if often violent and disturbing, short stories. The writing is acerbic and biting, but still conveys a deep sense of character and empathy, even with characters acting in anger or fear. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny and Abortion

annxmcd's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Drug use, and Death of parent

mackenziebrill's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

rachelmink's review

challenging dark emotional 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

So excellent on audio. Incredible stories - particularly the first one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

jayisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was a fresh collection of short stories that hones in on the everyday lives of Black women (primarily) in Florida and, often, the way they are viewed by society. The protagonist of each story essentially have to reckon with a traumatic event that occurred at some point in their life (or is dealing with at the moment), and Moniz explores this unflinchingly though also with some grace. She dives into uncomfortable territory when it comes to the topics she covers: infidelity, sexual assault, pregnancy/miscarriage, among others. For the most part, I wouldn’t say that these stories are gruesome, but none of them are particularly easy to digest either as she peels away the layers of these women to reveal something deeply complex.

I found the title of this collection particularly interesting and, very cleverly, Moniz interprets at least one of those three words in some fashion within each story. I think “blood” jumped out at me the most, but that might be because this was more visceral than the others, especially in the final story (which was probably my favorite). Relatedly, Moniz is an excellent writer and really has a way with words to draw a reaction out of you. I think despite feeling lukewarm about some of these stories, I was taken to all of them because of her writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Infidelity and Cannibalism