Reviews tagging 'Grief'

100 år med Lenni och Margot by Marianne Cronin

36 reviews

raincityreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

ate_reads's review against another edition

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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Dementia

maryannc's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Medical content, and Grief

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

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

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

nothingforpomegranted's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.0

Lenni is seventeen years old, dying from a terminal illness and living in a hospital in Glasgow. One day, on a whim, she wanders into the hospital chapel, where she challenges (and becomes fast friends with) Father Arthur, asking questions about God, faith, and why she is dying. Shortly later (or maybe not, depending on how you judge the passage of hospital time), Lenni encounters Margot in an art class. Immediately fascinated by her life and her stories, Lenni is struck by the fact that Margot is 83 years old, meaning that their lives, together, add up to 100 years. 

The two embark on a project to paint 100 canvases, representing the 100 years of their lives, and, in alternating chapters, they reveal their stories to each other, opening up about divorce and death, love and loss. 

This is a book with a sweet, heartwarming, sometimes devastating premise with two characters who led interesting lives. Yet, I just didn't feel connected to the story. I enjoyed reading about Lenni's relationship with Father Arthur and Margot's relationship with Howard--actually, I think Howard was my favorite character--but Lenni and Margot's friendship was unconvincing to me, which definitely reduced the overall impact of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

allweseeorseem's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

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