Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

3 reviews

deebee223's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Police brutality, Mental illness, Suicide, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, War, Blood, Cancer, Classism, and Terminal illness

kmw2017's review against another edition

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

5.0

Another masterpiece from Amor Towles.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

alisonvh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

I’m not sure how I feel about the ending of this book, but the whole book is so well written and the characters so well fleshed out that I can’t help but love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Violence, Death of parent, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Grief, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury