Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

I cent'anni di Lenni e Margot by Marianne Cronin

81 reviews

kathleenguthriewoods's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

My favorite book of the year so far (June). Highly recommend the audio for the accents (Glasgow) and emotions. Laughed out loud and cried -- in public, naturally. This is a beautiful book. Sad, and hopeful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, Death, and Grief

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Grief, Dementia, Death, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Ableism

beate251's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? No

5.0

I cried at the end.

Nuff said.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Car accident, Child death, Dementia, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

katiemack's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Child death, and Dementia

melancholymegs's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Grief

ispeakpurple's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Medical content, Terminal illness, Grief, and Dementia

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

blueyogi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Grief

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Child death, Vomit, Medical content, and Lesbophobia

ccassidy98's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Cancer, Grief, Terminal illness, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Dementia

Minor: Pregnancy

markedwithanm's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Child death, Death, and Pregnancy

sandysmith's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

What a ride such an amazing book, that has you riding waves of emotion, sad yes, but it is so much more than this, funny, thought-provoking, joyful, It's a full range of emotions. Lenni is 17 and has a life limiting condition, meets 83 year old Margot in hospital. They bond over art therapy and agree to paint their lives in one hundred years of their memories. The relationships are beautifully written and created, written from two viewpoints, whilst obviously most of flash backs belong to Margot, Lenni, and her views on life grabs you. Her relationships with others are also wonderfully written, and I could help but fall in love with both Lenni and Margot but the other characters, too, especially Father Arthur, the new nurse, and the tattooed porter and a few chickens. "Do you know, she said slowly, that the stars we see closest are already dead? Well that's depressing, I took my hand from hers. No, she said gently linking her arm through mine. It's not depressing, it's beautiful. They've been gone for who knows how long, but we can still see them. They live on.they live on". There is loads to consider and reflect on. My favourite type of book is one that makes you think and this book will stay with me for some time. Its brilliant just brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, and Death