Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

18 reviews

k8lynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

brilliant!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Addiction, Child death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Death, Alcohol, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

dblue236's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

While the mystery/thriller aspect of this book fell a bit flat in the last third or so of the book, I still found it wildly entertaining and quite often darkly funny, and I loved it overall. I would have liked just a little more of a creepiness factor, maybe a little more of a sinister feel to the antagonist, but that's a pretty minor complaint and I definitely got everything I expected out of this book based on things I've read from this author in the past. I look forward to watching the TV series to see how it compares. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Cancer, Terminal illness, Infertility, Medical content, and Medical trauma

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was a wild ride, it definitely took a turn around 75% and then the plot speed up and so many things happened. Not the biggest fan of that pacing but it was pretty entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Drug abuse, Medical content, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Body shaming, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Child death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

vivikasweiven's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Abandonment, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Confinement, Addiction, Violence, Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Dysphoria, Grief, Medical content, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

katelynprice's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Liane Moriarty definitely knows how to write compelling stories. I’m still amazed that I not only kept up with all nine characters + the resort staff, but I also became invested in their stories. The dialogue was witty, the premise was interesting, the social commentary was excellent, and the whole book was unlike anything I’ve read before. I was compelled to keep turning the pages. I just kept waiting for something *more* to happen, and I didn’t really get that satisfying feeling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

Minor: Addiction and Animal death

morgies_welt's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

GANZ anders als erwartet. Wunderbar einfühlsame Beschreibung der Gefühls- & Gedankenwelten der einzelnen Personen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

blouviere4's review

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

sarahndipity's review

dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Grief, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Suicide, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

amaramorgenstern's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

Man lernt die Charaktere so gut kennen- die gesamte Lebensgeschichte - 
Alle Charaktere haben auch Schwächen, teilweise sehr große. Trotzdem kann man diese mit der Zeit nachvollziehen.
Am besten gefällt mir, wie man Sich in die Charaktere hinein versetzen kann, mann kann durch den tollen Schreibstil (wo sich die inneren Monologe der Personen je nach Charakter verändern) die Denkweise des jeweiligen   Das Ende gefällt mir nicht so gut, es kommt mir recht unrealistisch vor. <Spoiler> Auch wie plötzlich Masha verrückt geworden ist ergibt sich mir nicht ganz, ähnlich wie bei Game of Thrones mit Danny taygarien.<\spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Fatphobia

mayukiiq's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious slow-paced

3.0

Interesting characters and premise. It did drag a bit in the middle, and the plot twists were mediocre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Suicide