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Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'
Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown
2 reviews
bandish's review against another edition
challenging
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, and War
daishaspencer's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
This is one of the most gut wrenching and horrific stories I’ve read. I found myself moved to tears many times placing myself as a young woman in the shoes of Sarah and her companions. The author wrote beautifully of the scenery in which the party found themselves, I could clearly see places I’ve never been (though I had to reference google maps a handful of times). This story is not without bias from the author, but no narrative non-fiction truly can be. This book has left me with a lasting impression of a story which I knew little about before.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Classism