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The Coma

Alex Garland (2004)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age16+
Goodreads3.39
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

ViolenceMental IllnessConfusion/Disorientation

Positive tags

MysterySelf-Discovery

Hero archetypes

Amnesiac Hero

Protagonist archetypes

Amnesiac

Tropes

Unreliable NarratorFish out of Water

Themes

Reality vs IllusionIdentityMemoryRecoveryPsychological Horror

Synopsis

Having been attacked on the Underground, a man wakes up in a hospital and begins to question his emergence from a coma.

Tags

Psychological ThrillerLiterary FictionSpeculative Fiction