Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

150 reviews

reedmorebooks's review

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual assault and Violence

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Chronic illness, Confinement, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

amandagray825's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

lisas_novel_idea's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.5

Lists of great quotes. Fun read. I will be looking for more by Harrow. I loved The Ten Thousand Doors of January, so I knew/hoped I’d enjoy this one as well. It didn’t disappoint. The perspective and similarities between a dying girl and a cursed princess is unique and Harrow carried the theme well - all the way to the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Blood and Sexual assault

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

Alix Harrow is slowly but surely becoming one of my fave writters. Sometimes you really have to change your own story to be happy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Bullying, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Grief, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Death

micallab's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Terminal illness

sabrinz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

A very nice twist on fairy tales - and a very good twist at the end that makes the way the story ends plausible and does not push it too much into the fairy tale direction.
I would love to know so much more about all the other Sleeping Beauties we saw for a short (or a longer) time on page.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness and Death

treereadingabook's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Chronic illness

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Violence, Classism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Ableism, Alcohol, Child death, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Death, Infertility, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Lesbophobia

shelvesofivy's review

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Homophobia