Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

I fell in love with hope by Lancali

78 reviews

bladequeen13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

bogentusiast's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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: Death, Eating disorder, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: War and Rape

jrkive's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Eating disorder, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Rape, Grief, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.0

Lancali is going to go so far with her writing, I can tell. This was a beautifully done story. Though the writing style is not what I typically gravitate to, I can appreciate the beautiful, poetic themes and how well it works with the story she is telling. Her final note really hit me, and I'm grateful that I got to read something so close and personal to someone. It's an honor to be let into someone's life and emotions in that way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, Physical abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Car accident

linnea1801'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The book really dragged on. The premise was so interesting but it was almost painfully slow. Every second sentence was a metaphor and I nearly stopped reading halfway through. That being said the story was still very good. All the characters were so loveable and I genuinely wanted them to live happily ever after

and I was heartbroken when they died

Overall I’m glad I stuck with it and I’m looking forward to reading other books by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Self harm, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Minor: Bullying and Rape

jor_dy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

i really Did Not like the writing style however i SOBBED at the end so (award for most devastating book i’ve ever read goes to)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Medical content, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Homophobia

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Vomit

definitely look up trigger warnings beforehand !! ik there’s a brief list in the very very beginning of the book, and i’m sure there’s lists online too. i tried to put as many as i could remember, but my ranking of severity (especially for the moderate and minor tws may be off)

cianarae's review against another edition

hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.0

This was a little too slow, wordy, and dramatic for me. Especially the dialogue. The big reveal at the end was not quite a big enough payoff for how much they hinted at it throughout the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Death, Child abuse, Homophobia, Child death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

miuu0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Medical content, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

hannah_grace5484's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of my favorites now. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Self harm, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Child death

It's a heartwrenching book that deals with a lot of difficult topics, but in a way in which it doesn't glorify it.

gargs's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Vomit, Rape, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Eating disorder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Violence, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cancer, and Homophobia