Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

15 reviews

professormarple's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Minor: Violence and Cancer

lzimmeade's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Infertility, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

carlytenille's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, and Suicide

paeten_'s review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Blood, and Infidelity

slucchesi06's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Terminal illness

Moderate: Miscarriage, Grief, Medical trauma, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Suicide

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Cancer, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Infertility

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

theglobalhomebody's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I was expecting a very different story going into this book, but I’m not necessarily disappointed. While I did feel some reactions to certain things were a little overdone, I thoroughly enjoyed the character development- maybe it wasn’t even “development” but more reveal of a certain characters depth of understanding and empathy when that’s not how most people know her. 
Not exactly a spoiler,  but be warned there is a character who develops a MN disease. As someone who is currently a caregiver for a spouse who has this exact diagnosis, it is always a bit triggering to have it pop up out of the blue so I wanted to let anyone else dealing with that know!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness and Suicide

amcghig's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, and Miscarriage

Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Infertility

xlivinglikejen's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

mlejb's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicide, Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity