Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

25 reviews

mar's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

crying...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Racism, and Car accident

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

I’m just going to be sitting here thinking about this book and its use of symbolism and language for the next 10-14 business days

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Genocide, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation

glutenfreemaggie's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sabrinaleaf's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.25

At first, the 1st person POV threw me off, but I soon fell quickly in love with the story and the characters relationships.

I loved the almost all cast of women characters, how they all supported each other as a family and woman’s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Cancer and Racism

throwback682's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Drug use

Minor: Kidnapping

anxiousnachos's review

dark sad

4.0

You know you’re reading an excellent horror novel when you have nightmares after reading the first 30 pages. This was both thoroughly haunting and creepy but also a very sad and moving portrayal of a family trying to heal from the deaths of two of their members.

Content warnings: Graphic depictions of: body horror, blood and gore, cannibalism, violence, grief

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Alcoholism and Cancer

sarah984's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Until the (excellent) ending the horror content was a little slow for me, but I loved the warmth and healing of the family relationships. They all felt like real people to me. It was also really refreshing to read a book that so completely centres women (and one nonbinary person) and their relationships to one another.

Raven Reads has not steered me wrong yet. Highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

wetdirtreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

Landback.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Vomit

tenderbench's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Violence, and Vomit

mshiiken's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Y'all, this book is magic. It's an incredible debut and I'm thrilled to see what Jessica Johns puts out next. If you want a story about family ties, healing from trauma, and deeply scary stuff, this is the book for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

These things are mentioned in the context of the story and reflect real things that happen to Indigenous/First Nations people around the world. It's tough, but it's necessary to tell the story fully and to help you understand the characters.