Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

All My Mothers by Joanna Glen

21 reviews

sophiabenton's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective relaxing medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Infertility

beccss_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide, Cancer, and Medical content

Moderate: Infertility and Pregnancy

nommie8's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

Though it wasn't for me, I feel this book has the potential to change someone's life and bring comfort to many people who have had similar experiences.

It unfortunately didn't quite land for me. I did not feel like I knew the characters and I genuinely didn't think the characters knew themselves. As such, nothing connected me to this story. I will say that it is beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

megstravellinglibrary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Suicide

theabsolutegeekofit's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Death

sarahec's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Abandonment

pv_789's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I loved the  Córdoba setting and the concept was very interesting but something was not quite right in my opinion making it a little bit one dimensional, I personally do not love

cancer

in books as I find it a little bit over done and depressing, so maybe it was that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Dementia

amyford's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Cancer, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Suicide, Infertility, and Medical trauma

pkc's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

This was such a charming but sad book, in the end. A gorgeous story of friendship, a celebration of found family and never giving up on what you want. Keep some tissues by you though. It is SAD at times. It’s also really funny in places too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Suicide, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Dementia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Fatphobia

afion's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Fatphobia and Homophobia