Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

3 reviews

tinyplanet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Torture, Murder, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Minor: Antisemitism, Infidelity, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Classism, Cursing, Homophobia, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Deportation, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

bugaboobear's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Self harm, Death, and Slavery

Moderate: Terminal illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Torture, Suicide, and Sexism

Minor: Rape

siobhan28's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Deserves all the praise and more. This book was incredible in the way it deals with abolition of the prison system in a dystopian and a scarily not-so unbelievable future. The facts and real life examples peppered throughout the book really added to that. This book took me through so many different emotions, the writing was visceral and poetic. Really reminded me of an adult version of the hunger games. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death, Racial slurs, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Self harm, Murder, and Racism