Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Ninguém Pode Saber by Karin Slaughter

7 reviews

michelletapp's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Classism

lindsayreadsandcoffeebeans'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Racism, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Drug abuse, Dementia, and Alcohol

wendydaisy1969's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Minor: Chronic illness and Rape

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

Really great, exciting read. Kept me guessing and ended up being a really interesting plot and much more below th surface the more you read.

Towards the end, the authors tone while discussing domestic violence themes was a bit off putting. Though I understand that it was from the perspective of the narrator, it still threw me off. I wish that the main characters talked less about the blame for their own "choices" and more about the incredibly intense manipulation and coercion that lewd to those "choices". Are they really choices at all then?

All in all this was a great read and I will be diving into more of Karin Slaughter's books in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Pregnancy

froggybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

it started off strong then just got meh. the chapters were so long and just some of it was so predictable and drawn out like let me have some of the guesswork here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Outing, and Classism

mads96's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Domestic abuse