Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

100 år med Lenni och Margot by Marianne Cronin

86 reviews

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

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: Child death, Medical content, Dementia, and Abandonment

atamano's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content and Dementia

Minor: Lesbophobia

tanishah's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

mad_mady'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? It's complicated

4.0

Warning this book will make you cry. I honestly don’t know the last time a book made me cry this hard or this long. I had tears in my eyes for the final few chapters, it also made me laugh out loud at multiple points. 
I wouldn’t  have picked this book if not for my book club but god damn I’m glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Dementia

Minor: Homophobia

If the death of an infant, long thoughts about death/ the afterlife, and the death of beloved ones is too much for you, this is not your kind of book. If the topic of death in general is not your thing steer very clear of this book.

craftyanty's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

I expected this book to make me cry, which it did... a few times. I was caught off-guard, however, when it made me crack up in laughter... more than a few times. Simply a beautiful story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Child death

wellreadmegs's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I wish the first 290 pages of this book gave me the same feelings that the last 30 pages did. I had heard nothing but good things about this book and although I loved the last 30 pages, it didn't quite live up to the hype. I love a book with alternating storylines and this had it - but for most of the book, it felt as though Lenni and Margot were more parallel in the book than interacting. 

I found Father Arthur's and Lenni's passages the most interesting and sometimes Margot's stories seemed too long and unnecessary. I would have rather kept enjoying the ease of conversation between Father Arthur and Lenni. 

It wasn't until the end of the book that we saw Lenni & Margot's most heartfelt moments and you saw the story all come together. That was beautiful. That got me teary-eyed. I'd only wished the entire book felt like that. The ending felt complete and beautiful & I love the visuals it gave. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

laschwe's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death and Dementia

bethanyearle's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Dementia