Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Fish That Ate the Whale by Victor LaValle

5 reviews

walrus420's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Death, Confinement, Murder, Blood, Medical trauma, Medical content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Cursing, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Police brutality

shannonbauchat's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Self harm, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault

citronellope's review against another edition

I didn't enjoy the pacing or the writing style. The story is very slow and the style of writing is too 4th wall breaking, and not in the fun way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

absurtiddy's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide

stayshomeandreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Racism, and Violence