Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

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233 reviews

amlegomo's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

molly_jean_'s review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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all of this review! 
Part 1: I identified too heavily with Phoebe wanting to be normal and cutting off pieces of herself to fit in boxes of normal.  Understood her want to kill her self and the fantasy being constantly interrupted by reality. 
Part 2: Love that she didn't kill herself because she needed to know more.  She needs a little dog!!!! Love the portrayal of Juice and the humanizing of the mom.  GLAD she didn't have and affair
Part 3: I'm really thankful that phoebe and Gary didn't have an affair.  Also, incredibly happy that she didn't end up back with Matt.  I am so happy to picture her in the winter mornings with Frank. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

swamprat410's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Deportation

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

jesswelsh1123's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful 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

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This is so close to a 5 star read for me. I teared up at many points as we got to experience the binding of stories, people, their collective healing, their flaws, and their assets. 

It was such a beautiful look at what it means to be alive, to be human, to accept our own skin and live in it with grace and honesty and courage and love. I loved the journey of this book. 

The only reason I cannot give it 5 stars is that I found some of the inner dialogue (and sometimes character dialogue as well) to be very crass in ways that weren’t necessary and sometimes felt borderline excessive. I was appreciative that the romance aspect was not the forefront of this story and as such there weren’t explicit scenes as much as explicitly sexual language. 

Also left it a 4 star because I wanted a little bit more of a tidy conclusion about Phoebe and Gary’s future as a couple. I wanted more closure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Dementia

jeaniinabottle's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Sexism, Vomit

savvy2323's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic

tashibbi's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense 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

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I really enjoyed this! Very existential (obviously) and at times perhaps a bit pretentious, but overall a great message to keep enduring even though life is hard and unpredictable. 

And as a side note, I love a book taking place in New England, especially in Rhode Island, which was the start of my next chapter of life as well. Similarly, I’m going to Newport for a wedding this coming weekend, so the timing of reading this somehow aligned perfectly! (I did have to laugh about all these rich assholes coming from places like Cranston and Pawtucket…rich assholes do not live in The Bucket lmfao).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Terminal illness, Vomit, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic

hannahfalconpettus's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pandemic/Epidemic

careasaurus's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic

debrm's review against another edition

4.75

dark funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It is an interesting take on the risks and rewards of being your most authentic self 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Pandemic/Epidemic