Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by

19 reviews

whoisrois's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

Got better as it went but it’s a lot of book to get through for the best material to be in the last quarter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chaos_na_regale's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

hellokira's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Colonisation

velvet_young's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Abortion, and Colonisation

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

flashandoutbreak's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Abandonment

library_kb's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I read this book for bookclub, and it was one that I procrastinated on because I just didn't want to pick it up and read it (I finished it 10 minutes before the meeting). I never really connected with the main character and had a hard time really understanding her choices, especially in the round-about way that the story was told, with a lot of vague references. That may have been part of the author's intent, but didn't draw me to the book. This is also a story with a lot of darkness--historically accurate but hard to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

summerfireflies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Colonisation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

becca9849's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Incest, Torture, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

nadia's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

The Confessions of Frannie Langton is a rich, slowly unfolding read. Themes of race and slavery in the 19th Century, combined with the current of tension and mystery running throughout sustained my interest, though I didn't find the book having as much of an emotional impact as I hoped it would. A few times I found myself struggling to follow the motivations and goals of certain characters' and wishing for the pace to pick up a teeny bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder