Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Banitka by Anna North

84 reviews

sageysage's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I loved this book! Way more religious undertones than I expected but makes sense for the time period. The book did a great job of having an interesting premise and setting while also making the reader invested in the characters. Kept wanting to pick this up so I could know what happened next. Would definitely read a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

lesbianlis's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book has been on my TBR for a while and I was glad to finally find a used copy at my local bookstore to get the chance to read it. It has many things I'm interested in such as gay people and cowboys, lol.

I think the story is really good, however, the is a lot of details in places I wish there was fewer and little to no details in places I wish there was more. I also didn't love the ending. I think that part of this book was Ada finding a family that could support and help her and the decision that she makes just doesn't really line up with where her character goes.

I think they could've have potentially made it where The Kid moves their town to this new area to give Ada the best of both worlds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mblanke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

jcinf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Such a fun book. Action packed, but also sad. Commentary on the treatment of women, black people, and LGBTQ people in history — with a particular focus on the hardships of being an infertile woman. 

I love that it takes the narrative of oppression and twists it into one of empowerment. I love the angle of “chosen family” being set in the desert, segregated from society both by choice and by necessity. I love the idea of “outlaws” and “outcasts” being one in the same. Because outcasts are viewed as outlaws — as scapegoats to make them criminals. 

The characters are easy to love. The book is the perfect length. 

I love the subtle inclusion of queer characters. From trans to gay to bisexual. And yet this is mentioned without it being a big deal. There are no big moments of “coming out.” It’s just matter-of-fact. 

I give books 5 stars based on how memorable it is for me. So time will tell if I come back and change my rating to a 5. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Police brutality, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

raquel_rqlh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

aubreystrawberry's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

rachealcroucher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

kayschwe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

lovejasmine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

The biggest problem with this book is that it could have been so much better than it was. It could have been so inclusive and intersectional and diverse, and could have been a beautiful, in depth story of marginalised people coming together in a world that hates them.

Instead, we got the barest hint of that, with a very self centred, very white narrator that was, honestly, kind of boring.

The worst thing about this book was it wasn't bad. It just could have been incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism