Reviews tagging 'Child death'

100 år med Lenni och Margot by Marianne Cronin

102 reviews

giuliana_ferrari's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

achay91's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Terminal illness, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Death, Medical content, and Grief

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

camchorse's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cancer, and Dementia

carmenvillaman's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-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: Child death and Chronic illness

tissytis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is a story that’s well written, magical, emotional, and one certainly should have a good mental health before venturing into reading this. It is slightly triggering for me as I listened to this on the way to and from work. Sometimes I lose the plot slightly as I get distracted by my day, which I suspect wouldn’t happen if one is to read the story on paper, however the narrators just add to the characters really, I’m glad I got this as an audiobook.

It is really a kind of book with many short stories with a beginning and end to wrap it up nicely.

As a medic, I wonder what kind of illness did Lenni have 😞

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Death

debimorton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Lenni, 17.  Margot, 83. Glasgow Hospital. Rose room for art. Pictures. Father Arthur. New Nurse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Child death and Confinement

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.25

What a beautiful book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Child death, Medical content, Abandonment, Grief, and Pregnancy

epellicci's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot is warm and full of mischief. Cronin laces together the lives of two unlikely friends through short paintings of their pasts, creating a vivid and life affirming book which asks readers to reflect on love, strength and family. I was drawn in by Lenni's youthful honesty and curiosity, and Margot's warmth and wit. This is an incredibly heart warming book, full of believable and bold characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Terminal illness

Minor: Homophobia

Also Recommend: Dog Days by Ericka Waller, There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett

annaledbetter's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

Wonderful book! A little different than I expected, but still so great. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Dementia, Medical content, Abandonment, and Child death