Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

20 reviews

irinalast's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Dislike what is likely how most people would think, feel, and act when the worst happens. No one is a hero, not much hope in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and War

kaylanoellesims's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

3.75 ⭐️ - intriguing and definitely gets you thinking - personally would have like more of a tied up ending but I guess that’s is also against the point of the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

starryy_nightss's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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? Yes

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

if you can’t do body horror, avoid at all costs. especially stuff pertaining to teeth, vomit, bugs, etc. honestly not very good, it tried so hard to be ‘deep’ or existential, but it was just gross and poorly written. wouldn’t recommend tbh

kcrockford's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, and Medical content

bootsmom3's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal death and Excrement

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was an insane read. I’m slightly new to reading thrillers, it was a genre I never really read (no idea why) until recently. This book was incredibly bone chilling and unpredictable. I was surprised that I was never able to guess what was happening next which I was very excited by. I don’t think the characters were incredibly well developed but the book was on the shorter side and character development didn’t seem to be a main aspect of the book so I never minded. This is one of the most captivating thrillers I’ve yet and would definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

javabones's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

I thought this was going to be a thriller/mystery but it turned out to be a disaster in itself. Finished it out of stubbornness and hope that it would go somewhere. It did not. The writing style draggggged on and it was so bizzare and full of gross sex details?? It was so bad it was funny, after you got over how uncomfortable it was. It deserves a lot of trigger warnings, which makes it seem interesting, but literally nothing happens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Death, Racism, Suicide, Excrement, Islamophobia, Medical content, and War

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

There were some things here that had the potential to be interesting - the "guess who’s coming to dinner" scenario with the white people who desperately want to believe they're not racist (or that they don't SEEM racist, these characters are preoccupied with seeming) but resent the class/race divisions not going the way they would expect, the mundane weirdness of living through a disaster, some of the things with the animals. However, the prose is extremely dense, full of short sentences, weird metaphors and unpleasant sexuality, and in the end it just kind of felt like a chore to read it. It also drove me insane that they spent all that time complaining about not knowing anything but refused to listen to the radio.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Gore, Racism, Excrement, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, and War

There is a scene involving a person’s teeth falling out.