Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

106 reviews

lorenag5's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent

graceesford's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-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: Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

librariessavelives's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The themes of ableism were to much for me to get past. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Alcohol

mwfilion's review against another edition

2.5

emotional reflective sad 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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While there were aspects of the story I connected with - particularly around grief and exploring complicated relationships - I found it veryyyy challenging to connect with the style of writing. It is intentional and well-executed, but just not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

annablanna's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

ru_th's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It doesn’t always work, but I do my best. See what happens. Go on in any case living. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Violence, Xenophobia

themeanfrench's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

sydney15's review against another edition

5.0

dark 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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This is my favourite Sally Rooney ending. I'm not sure I liked it better than Normal People but it was phenomenal. While the sentence fragments clearly communicated Peter's character and mental state, the stylistic choice did prove somewhat difficult to read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma

kaitlen915's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

streberkatze's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was my first book by Sally Rooney. I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure I'll read another one by her anytime soon. Lack of plot and open-door sex scenes are usually things I don't enjoy in a novel. But the chatacters in this book, especially Ivan and Margaret, really grew on me and kept me reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy