Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

46 reviews

dazedl's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

How will i ever recover from the emotional whirlwind this book has sent me? 😭😭😭

I read the short story years ago when I was a teenager - and coming back to this book in my mid 20s, I have a newfound appreciation towards the central themes of childhood trauma, intellectual disability and messing with someone's true nature. I found myself having deeper empathy and understanding towards Charlie's character development more than my first reading of the short story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Medical content, Ableism, Mental illness, and Bullying

Moderate: Animal cruelty

phantastic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Toxic friendship, and Dementia

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Animal death

Minor: Forced institutionalization

lizdon's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Excrement, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Vomit

m4rtt4's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

incredibly thought-provoking AND heart-breaking; I wish the mouse had been in a bigger role but overall very interesting and an important read.

it was scary how he became possessive and aggressive and expressed his male sexuality and masculinity through those means after "gaining intelligence"

, really makes you think what should even be called intelligence and how easily we exclude emotions and kindness from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

stargirlmolly's review

emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Ableism, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Animal death

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Grief

xnace's review

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Medical content, and Alcohol

wizardingwisteria's review

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

OUCH. This is my second time reading it in full and it still punched me in the gut. I knew what was going to happen but it was still so impactful and emotional

Being from the 1950's some of the language is outdated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Animal death, and Ableism

Moderate: Child abuse and Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

tungstenmouse's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Certain sentences haven’t aged well but this was excellent. I’m very sad but also very happy I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Dementia, Racism, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Excrement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Incest, Homophobia, Medical content, and Misogyny

It’s an older book so expect language and character attitudes that are not okay now.

kather_doc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Abandonment, Ableism, and Bullying

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Confinement, Child abuse, Dementia, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

tallnecked_pancakeface's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexism