Reviews tagging 'Blood'

All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky

3 reviews

samcanuel's review

dark emotional reflective medium-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

3.5

The characters and plot of this book are quite messy, but it was beautifully written and very honest. The story had so many layers, between the main characters’ struggles with addiction, her identity, her family, and her love life. Each layer and the ways that they intertwined were treated with great care.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, War, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

skylarak's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

Not your typical story about Jewish ancestral trauma! A good reminder that it’s born fair or helpful to paint it all with one brush. Came for the Moldovan Jewish representation, stayed for the squirrel candies, sour cherry varenkiki, mamaliga, and iguana, and Suboxone rep! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Drug use, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sydneyl23's review

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Self harm, Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol