dobbysfirstsock's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Abandonment, Racism, and Child death
Minor: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Blood, and Xenophobia
cammiem8's review against another edition
dark
sad
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
Listened to the audiobook since I read this as a child and much of it went over my head. A great introduction to historical epidemics.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Grief
Minor: Xenophobia, Medical content, and Slavery
empathephant's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
tense
fast-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny
Minor: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Excrement, Slavery, War, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Ableism, and Animal death
Deals with an epidemic of infectious disease, so may be triggering for those affected by the recent pandemic.
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