Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

3 reviews

chelly_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, War, Cancer, Child death, Grief, and Terminal illness

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

lilaceous's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

characters - ⭐️

plot - ⭐️

engaging to read - .5⭐️

would recommend - .5⭐️

would read again - 

a very grim imagining of the future combined with convincing writing makes for an unsettling read.

i’m glad i read it because the ending and the central character are engaging and well written, but every hundred or so pages switched to a different narrator/main character, some of which were not enjoyable to read and didn’t feel necessary to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and War