Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Wrecked by Lauren Asher

29 reviews

karlapardo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

Ok this book surprised me. Not my favorite of the series but it was a good book. It had some dark and heavy subjects but I think they were handled in a good way. Mental health was a big thing in this book and I think that Lauren was able to represent chronic anxiety very well. Chronic illness was also a main topic in this book and it surprised me, I didn’t expect this but I think it was a great thing plot wise. I think that it brought good conversations about therapy and medication management. I think that Jax was struggling a lot and it is very clear his development throughout the story. I struggled a bit with connecting with him, he was very annoying at some points but at the end of the day I liked his character, just not in the way I was expecting, and definitely not like Noah, Santiago and Liam. The way he handled some things was questionable and I think that’s why I struggled with his character. Elena was for me the best part of the book. She is such a strong MMC and such a great character overall. She had a very rough childhood and we can see how much she struggled with that but also was able to heal throughout the book. Something I didn’t not like about the book was the stereotypes that were placed in Elena and her family, it just didn’t fit with me and it pissed me off at some times. I do think not everyone would like this book, but there’s not much I could say about it. It’s just a book that you have to read and discover yourself and not based it off only on reviews. I would read it again if I were to read the whole series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Murder

Minor: Racism, Addiction, and Cancer

theboricuabookworm's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Did I devour this yes? But reluctantly because for some reason I’ve vowed to not love this books. Doesn’t make them any less addicting to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Chronic illness

Minor: Murder and Gun violence

queenfaye99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content and Drug use

Minor: Cancer

nineinchnails's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

2.0

the writing in wrecked is noticeably better than in it's predecessors imo. the romance didn't click with me so it was probably my least favourite aspect of the book but i liked the characterisation and i cared so much more about them than i did the lead characters of the last 2 books. in general, elena and jax had more depth and better character development. this book isn't much less corny than the last two but i actually didn't hate it as much as i was expecting to. don't get me wrong, there was still a lot of flaws (elena's parents' murder, for one - i didn't catch a single explanation for why they were shot by gang members/drug dealers in their own home) but it was a better read than i was expecting.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Dementia, Cancer, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, and Gore

Anxiety, OTC drug misuse/abuse, Xanax abuse, Huntington's disease, Night terrors/Nightmares, Post traumatic stress disorder, and Alzheimer's

kaynisonger's review against another edition

emotional inspiring slow-paced

4.0

I loved this book and the messages behind it, but Jax ended up being an ass and I think Elena deserves better but hey, gotta have a happy ending for everyone 🤷🏼‍♀️ 

ALSO; if a man is calling out your insecurities while dumping you, dump his ass and never talk to him again sis. 

The extended epilogue was so weird to me?? Like they just see this orphaned baby and are like ‘yea, we’re gonna adopt him’ without even ACTUALLY thinking it through??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Addiction, Cancer, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

ingrid13's review

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: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Drug use

megreads12's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Alcohol, Dementia, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Pregnancy and Cancer

olivia_v's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Alcohol, Cancer, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Death of parent, and Drug use

iigraciejohnsonii's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Death, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Cancer, Alcohol, and Dementia

ka_ke's review against another edition

hopeful 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

Lauren Asher’s writing is tastefully diverse, and this novel just proves that tenfold. Not only are the mc’s racially diverse, but the attention to detail regarding Huntingtons disease and Alzheimers are impressive. Considering both are genetic illnesses, it adds an extra level of curiosity to the future of Jax & Elena. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Cancer, Gun violence, and Murder