Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine

11 reviews

chel_sey's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I’ve heard a lot of mix things about this book, but I believe it’s worth reading. It’s absolutely insane and twisted and you don’t know what to believe with Anna but then you can’t help but sympathize for her. It’s honestly sick and twisted and I loved it, it was such a rush and I couldn’t stop reading it!!!! Also don’t be desperate, something will hear you…..;)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

klhunter42's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Stalking, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Car accident

theangrystackrat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.0

A decent body horror story stretched over a poorly executed mystery frame. A mother desperate to have a baby, doctors who don't listen, and a husband who is just as bad. Anna is trying to have a baby via IFV when things mysteriously start to go sinisterly wrong. This was okay - but I couldn't stand the MC or really anyone in the novel. The ending felt bland. While I think the body horror was done well - that was about the only thing I was enjoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

catinseas's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Racism, and Terminal illness

Medical misogyny, medical racism, the history of racism and abuse in medical research. There are many vignettes showing this through the past couple hundred years.

disguisedposer's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

chuckyinspace's review

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, and Cannibalism

library_goth's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Car accident

Moderate: Body horror, Infidelity, and Stalking

Minor: Animal death and Terminal illness

aimesericks's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.25

I was more into the book towards the beginning. By the end I was just trying to get through it. I never force myself to finish books, so it was at least interesting enough for me to finish. Ultimately gets a “meh” from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Minor: Terminal illness

kkalicky94's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

bookishwondergoth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

 This book was utterly horrific and has left me feeling so so angry. Cathartic and reassuringly familiar in many ways, traumatising and extremely triggering in others. Truly being a woman suffering in a medically misogynistic world is a horrifying, dehumanising experience. It's been a while since I've thought so highly of something that was just so unpleasant to read.

Rating and full review to come as I read this one for Grimdark Magazine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, and Trafficking