ftishkevich's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death and Gore
clrouse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Minor: Blood, Murder, Medical content, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, Gore, and Abandonment
bluejayreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.0
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and Gore
Minor: Death of parent
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terminal illnesscait's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Abandonment, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Suicide, Gun violence, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Blood, and Body horror
rosyeehaw's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Suicide
kiya136's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Violence
typedtruths's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Reread #1 (Dec 2020): ★★★★☆
remind me, why did i think reading about contagions was a good idea during a real-life pandemic
Original Read (Aug 2019): ★★★☆☆
when you think you rated a book five stars but goodreads says you gave it three stars 🤦♀️
➸ Trigger warnings for
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ableism (including denied work due to medical condition), parental abandonment recount, self-harm, suicide by gun (on-page in the prologue & mentioned later), graphic blood & gore depiction, dead bodies, physical injuries & illness, eyeball trauma, contagion (central theme), medical emergency & serious (terminal) illness of a loved one, needles & syringes, blood test, emesis, death of a cousin, death of a father in a military-related explosion mentioned, death of a colleague, death of parents recounted, death from strangulation mentioned, death by electrocution, murder & attempted murder, knife & gun violence, kidnapping, drowning mentioned, and blizzards & severe storms▷ Representation: Thea (mc) Turkish-Korean; Nova (mc) brown, vision impaired (degenerative eye condition) & sapphic; Dylan (sc) sapphic & recovered addict; Lisbeth (sc) tremor in her hand; Sullivan (sc) POC.
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Graphic: Self harm, Medical content, Gore, Death, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Chronic illness