Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

35 reviews

rose12435's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is dark and like bojack horseman for girls that enjoy drama and misery. While this book isn't happy, I genuinely enjoyed finding out how much worse the characters could get.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

This book is dark and not afraid to hurt it's reader. Please please please be careful when reading it

noshinbean's review

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

tschmitty's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

 I understand how this was a sensational read at the time of publication, but the longer it went on the less I cared about the three characters involved. Neely was especially annoying, what a pill! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

bxcvi's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Biphobia, Cancer, Fatphobia, Medical content, Abortion, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dumaurier's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.25

neely o'hara you will be dealt with

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Suicide

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

_camelia's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

laurenw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Abortion, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Cancer

hmorawska's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Abortion

buckupcamper's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I love this book. Laverne Cox’s narration is really fun, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer and Suicide

smelmo's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment