Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

12 reviews

randeerebecca's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug abuse

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

I picked this book up as it is this year's Everybody Reads selection in the Northwest US.  It was a beautiful book about forgiveness and moving on after a tragedy.  I especially enjoyed learning more about the Quaker faith of one of the main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dementia

prairieraven's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

christynhoover's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This is a fictional work that depicts contemporary US Quakers accurately, IMO!

But putting that aside, plot-wise it's a mystery/drama story. And it neither pulls any punches nor fails to expose character flaws to daylight.

It oozes and breathes COMPASSION and understanding for everything that's humanly possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

maggies's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This was very much not a book for me. Don't get me wrong, the simple writing was beautiful and absorbing in its own way, but the content was trigger after trigger. Really: look at the content warnings carefully. There were graphic depictions of suicide, animal death, murder, pregnancy and childbirth, blood, vomit, and rape in just about every chapter; you can't escape them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug abuse

kloft1993's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity and Medical content

bethanyam's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, Blood, and Medical content

jbraith's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

imstephtacular's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Death of parent