Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Truth of the Divine by Lindsay Ellis

13 reviews

wrzlprmft's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Genocide, Infertility, Torture, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

balfies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective fast-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? Yes

4.5

The sequel to Axiom's End which I read last year. Lindsay Ellis is my fave video essayist, and her second novel, Truth Of The Divine, delivers. 

The promise of the series - an alien first contact story set within post 9/11 Bush administration (well, now the Cheney administration for them) - continues to interrogate how American militarism, conspiracy, exceptionalism, and immigrant cultures react to the warring factions between intergalactic asylum seekers.

Must reiterate - I am not big on sci fi or fantasy usually, but I make an exception for Lindsay, in part because I wanna support her but mostly because she's an excellent, witty writer and I trust her voice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Dementia, and Religious bigotry

meliroo's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Islamophobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail