Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

12 reviews

quotablehedgehog's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

babudarabu's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, Medical content, and Death of parent

anjasshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

melancholymegs's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Medical content

readbycarina's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Classism

Minor: Medical content

toffishay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

4.25

I really loved this book! Elinor and Marianne have such a fun relationship and their different approaches to love and relationships were very engaging. I loved Elinor too! She is maybe my favorite Austen character now, with Anne from Persuasion as a close second. But Elinor is so strong and funny and interesting. All of her inner dialogue and her willingness to be sharp when she needs to be, made me glad that she is who we follow. I also liked Marianne though and I think she gets shorted in the book a bit. Yes, she engages in flights of fancy but she is 17! I liked the moments where Elinor was able to be there for her though and support her; how they were really able to support each other. Like all Austen books, the end seems to wrap up a little too quickly to me and there is a point in the second volume where things really slow down. Some of the back-and-forths and misunderstandings could have been cut, especially because some are resolved so quickly that they don't impact the plot at all. But I had a good time reading this one and could see myself revisiting it before some others from Austen :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

tigeryear's review against another edition

lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

1.5

Everyone was opp in this book. Rough read -- not that it was hard to comprehend, but in that it was boring drudgery. It didn't work for me as a satire, after my first read I'm not convinced the characters even had development, and if you have to say "we're not really blood related [insert whine]" -- you failed!

Mash that up with some early 1800s pedophilia and you've pretty much got the plot of this.

Disappointing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol

literally marianne was given three options: frivolous ninny, taboo creeper, or spinster. which would YOU pick? this would make a good play, honestly, but austen?? why?? would you not comment prejudicially upon this topic?!

I'll have to read it again to really understand the point of this. If you haven't already, drop this, go and read Pride and Prejudice.

frantically's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

I think my purpose in life is to become a gossiping Austen-mum.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Medical content

boglord's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Incest, and Pregnancy