Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

6 reviews

luc_223's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, and Grief

rowan2323's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Content Warnings: child death, misogyny, racism, body horror, blood

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Misogyny, Racism, Grief, and Classism

jenniferropell's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

eleanora's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

burnourhistory's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

the_lesbrarian's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

women in stem™  makes terrifying but deeply sympathetic creature 

When Mary discovers the notes of her great uncle Victor Frankenstein, she, with the help of her disgraced and childish husband, stitches together her own eldritch dinosaur-esque creature in a desperate plot to prove her worth as a scientist, all while trying to avoid her feelings for her husband’s sister. 

The book had some pacing issues— it starts off slow and wraps up very quickly, but the story held my attention well enough that I found I did not mind. 

This dark & whimsical novel investigates a unique allegory to grief, motherhood, and queerness.

rep: queer fmc, indian sc 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Misogyny

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism