Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

106 reviews

nurschonwiederich's review against another edition

3.75

emotional 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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer

angelaaabr's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol

rcd229's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective slow-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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Definitely a unique style in the whole stream-of-consciousness/implications in unfinished fragments/Yoda-esque inversions of sentence structure thing and a [fascinating? insightful?] study of grief, depression, toxic familial/romantic/sexual relationships and friendships, misogyny, autism (maybe?), hypocrisy, close-mindedness, and social perception.  Sometimes the story is written the rambling way I think I narrate things in my head, which is interesting, and sometimes I feel like it tries to hard to be all poetic and ethereal in it's contemplation of life or whatever. Again, fascinating, but overall not my cup of tea. I liked the illustration of what it means to be human in Normal People a lot better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic

laureen25's review against another edition

4.0

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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Violence, Medical content, Car accident

ksclary05's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Sally Rooney writes infuriating books that are still wonderful to read but also all of her characters need to go to therapy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

kjm19's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I cried on a plane finishing this book. 

It might be my favourite Sally Rooney novel yet, which I would not have expected when I first opened the book, and had to reread the first few pages several times! 

The sheer depth to which she writes these characters and their lives is insurmountable. They are flawed, philosophical, complex human beings who reflect the world around them (and the reader!). 

The way Rooney writes has become even more sophisticated since BWWAY. I think the previous book was a necessary transition from the tremendous normal people and has enabled her to get to this point. The weaving of perspective, dialogue and tone is magic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

rb_br's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Classism

julia201's review against another edition

4.0

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Blood, Grief

zara89's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Alcohol

meagwhalen's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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Lovely. I didn’t love Rooney’s more recent work (normal people set a high bar), but this was a great exploration of sibling relationships, power dynamics, etc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Violence