Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

MEM by Bethany C. Morrow

4 reviews

cheye13's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

This was a wonderful story. I feel like a bit of it maybe went over my head – there was a bittersweet note through the end that i'm not sure I understood fully. But the world building was wonderful and the themes posed interesting thought exercises. I appreciate how the story makes use of the entirety of its short-form and throws the reader in the deep end, trusting them to catch up. Probably worth a reread tbh.

At risk of spoiling, I'll say this will probably be a hit with fans of [new] Doctor Who.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Dementia, and Car accident

Minor: Classism, Pregnancy, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

themes of clones and human experiments are present, but not detailed

ginadapooh's review

emotional reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Child death, Pregnancy, Dementia, Car accident, Confinement, Medical content, and Grief

kaschaller's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Pregnancy, Medical content, Confinement, Dementia, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Murder and Death of parent

nicnevin's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? No

4.25

Beautiful little story that deals with what it means to be a person, to be a child, to be a creation, to be property. Not overly sold on the romance angle but it is a neat little story nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Child death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Confinement, Ableism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Body horror, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Child abuse