Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Πλάνητες by Olga Tokarczuk

3 reviews

angela_iseli's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, and Medical content

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Slavery, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, War, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Trafficking, Cancer, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Ableism, Islamophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Transphobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, Addiction, Antisemitism, Vomit, Dysphoria, Pedophilia, Incest, Racial slurs, and Sexism

lennox's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.5

I listened to the audiobook, which I think was a good idea. I have a feeling that I would have abandoned this book if I had read it traditionally because some of the short stories bored me. By listening to the audiobook, I was able to only half-focus on the less interesting parts while doing something else. 

The stories in this book either focused on anatomy or travel, sometimes both. I preferred the anatomy stories, especially the ones with historical settings. This is because the stories focused on travel were often repetitive, although they were all written beautifully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, and Death