Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Los Demás Seguimos Aquí / The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

8 reviews

sallytiffany's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

It was interesting. I liked the concept of the heroes of the story and then there being the average kids. But it moved really slowly especially at the end and I wasn’t a big fan of the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Child death, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer

vincentedward16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Dementia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Dementia

Minor: Gore, Medical content, Body shaming, Death, Police brutality, and Cancer

iamkiaraayleen's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Dementia, and Sexual content

saintyeehaw's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-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

3.0

This book could be fun and frustrating at the same time. The characters are interesting but the book's refusal to even say the word "bisexual" is ridiculous as one character

debates whether they are straight or gay

. There are a few moments of blatant fatphobia despite one character

literally suffering from an eating disorder

. There was also a gross comment fetishizing mixed race babies from the only known poc character in the book which was uncomfortable. Additionally, there is a romantic relationship between a 19yr old and a 25-26yr old (aka a high schooler and a college graduate) which is super questionable. Otherwise the story is okay, nothing too remarkable. The characters often feel flat with only one or two big traits. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Chronic illness, Dementia, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: Biphobia, Gaslighting, Police brutality, War, and Alcohol

chiya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, and Cursing

pitschi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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: Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Dementia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

belleden's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-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

4.5

A really sweet magical realism coming-of-age story for sci-fi/fantasy lovers. Mike is a shining example of a YA protagonist. He’s insecure but deeply caring, enough so that he works on himself to become a better person by the end of the book. The book lacks icky coming-of-age tropes that usually make me avoid YA written by white men. The characters and their backstories felt realistic and reminded me a lot of my average, wallflower high school friend group. Overall this novel was surprisingly genuinely funny and perfectly captured the almost-adult, not-quite feeling of graduating high school.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer

olivedean's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing, Cancer, Drug use, and Child death