Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Swamplandia! by Karen Russell

3 reviews

melissahawco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Grief

alexalily's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Terminal illness, Cancer, Grief, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Medical content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Dementia, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Classism, and Cultural appropriation

erniedresser's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This book gave me very Where the Crawdad Sings vibes, but that's almost definitely because of the situation the main characters find themselves in. Living on the coast, missing a parent figure, being forced to behave like an adult before you should... It be like that. This book wasn't as satisfying as WtCS, but it was definitely an interesting read!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Rape, and Terminal illness