Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

100 år med Lenni och Margot by Marianne Cronin

39 reviews

ambersbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

If I could give this book a million stars, I would. I didn’t believe everyone who said it was going to break me. I should have. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Cancer and Child death

bookswithmybulldog's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death of parent

phangaea's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

cereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Vomit, Dementia, and Lesbophobia

planetarysilver's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

just realized i put the review for a different book than this one in here but whatever.

1000000/5 stars

in my probably 13 years of reading, i do not have any memory of crying over a book and definitely not as i was reading it. but thanks to this book, that’s not true anymore! there was a whole chapter near the end where i just had my shirt stuffed up my nostrils because i couldn’t stop my nose from running; then a couple pages later i had to stop reading for 30 seconds because i couldn’t see the words through my literal tears. then at the very end i watched teardrops fall from my face onto my bed. i didn’t even realize i was crying. this book has WRECKED me. highly recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, and Grief

sidse's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

LOVED IT 😭🥲💔❤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Cancer

rlfsmile's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Dementia, and Death of parent

mollywill's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? No

4.5

 I picked up this book because I wanted a tearjerking read and whew, it definitely delivered. It broke my heart, but in a beautiful sort of way. I very quickly fell in love with the characters, their stories, their personalities, and their relationships and while the ending was not a surprise, I enjoyed the twists and creative ways the story unfolded through both Lenni & Margot's voices.

tw for death, child loss 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

runwildalice's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

I love a book that celebrates intergeneragional friendships. This was a beautiful story and I am very excited for the film!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Death