Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Outlawed by Anna North

83 reviews

melt27's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved the approaches to gender & reproductive justice & racism. Seamlessly woven into a strong, well told narrative that will stick with me

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

futuredocmartin's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

lexcellent's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

louiseelizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Incest, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse

hannahpings's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

maybe the most disappointed in a book i've been in a long time. queerness is made both accessory and token, and the story north is trying to tell in no way justifies the alternate history she's created for it. absolutely wild to me that you can set out to purport that biological essentialism is bad (but perhaps i'm giving her too much credit?) and then come up with a book that is... very much supportive of biological essentialism. even aside from my own icky feelings about outlawed as a queer person, so much of what north has done here feels like craft malpractice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Abortion and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

acemummerz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hellokatya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

i absolutely adored this book. a beautifully written and developed story of love, loss, friendship, and family. please please read this book. definitely one i’ll be recommending to anyone who will listen.
bring some tissue though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and War

ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

hailey_brueggen's review

adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Excrement, and Outing

sageysage's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I loved this book! Way more religious undertones than I expected but makes sense for the time period. The book did a great job of having an interesting premise and setting while also making the reader invested in the characters. Kept wanting to pick this up so I could know what happened next. Would definitely read a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail