Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

15 reviews

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm pretty impressed by how good this book was, even though I've seen the movie and knew the ending. 
It kept me interested from beginning to end, the pacing was actually perfect and surprised me a few times when it jumped unexpectedly. I got attached to the characters really quickly, the atmosphere was amazing. I loved the mystery and the clues. Knowing the ending, I could pay attention to the clues we get, and I think it's done brilliantly, giving you all you need but not making it too obvious. 
This would actually have been a 5 star, but the use of some slurs, especially the n-word, put me off a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

elenatamsen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Racism and Medical content

potsandpans22's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Having read the book after watching the movie (I know, heathenous, but I only found out about the book after) I do see the similarities. The book does have several more unnecessary slurs such as the n-word and r-word but it fits the context of 1953 (I believe) when the book is set. 
Other than that the plot is very well-written, all the plot twists and turns are executed brilliantly and the character development is great too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

hatoooz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

i understand why parts of this book had to be cut out so that the film wasn't a porno with a plot, good book though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: War

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury