Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Fly Away by Kristin Hannah

4 reviews

sarah_amy's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Love Kristin Hannah's writing and found it as easy to connect to the characters again as I did in Firefly Lane. However, this felt like an unnecessary sequel. Felt like it was mostly about grief after the events from the previous story and the other main event was dragged out. I wish there were a few more new faces that we got to know and more that happened outside of the grief. Did enjoy the character development of Cloud/Dorothy though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Medical content, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Grief, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Love Kristin Hannah's writing and found it as easy to connect to the characters again as I did in Firefly Lane. However, this felt like an unnecessary sequel. Felt like it was mostly about grief after the events from the previous story and the other main event was dragged out. I wish there were a few more new faces that we got to know and more that happened outside of the grief. Did enjoy the character development of Cloud/Dorothy though.

vandadora's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

nguy524's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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This book. I don’t even know where to start. It started incredibly emotionally and I was in tears. I found myself wishing that Tully, Marah and Dorthy would figure out their lives. The rawness, trauma, mental health struggles, and ups and downs were so unbelievably real. Kristen Hannah did an amazing job with capturing life in such an accurate and emotional way. I cannot recommend this book enough.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Mental illness, and Chronic illness

laurikas's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

2.5

 I didn't like this book - I found it very repetitive and too melodramatic, with all the out of body experiences in the hospital, plus all the misery every character was feeling at every step throughout the novel.

I understand this sort of book appeals to many people, but I'm just not one of them. I enjoy deeper stories, I can read about tragedies all day long, but they need to be told in an unique way, otherwise I feel I am listening to the news or reading someone's diary. Not a fan of either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse