Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman

12 reviews

bessadams's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Grief, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, and Dementia

czty27's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

allielippe's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

canascorner's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Dementia and Terminal illness

notsoscaryscythe's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-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

4.0

This book made me almost cry at several points. I’m so sad. Amazing writing, I loved the weather metaphors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, and Death of parent

m4rtt4's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

So beautiful and heart-wrenching, a book which makes you feel better and worse at the same time. My absolute favourite quote: "When your feet touch the ground, I'll be in space" <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia and Grief

Moderate: Terminal illness and Death

spill_the_tea's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Ed Sheeran “Afire Love” in a book :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Dementia, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

starrysteph's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“It's an awful thing to miss someone who's still here.”

Very painful, very affecting, very human.

Backman has the skill to unfurl these beautiful, specific characters within the most narrow parameters. This is a haunting yet earnest tale, following a old man with a dementia diagnosis. He is losing his memories and struggling to hold onto the essence of himself ... but is supported by his family. Specifically framed is the relationship between the man and his young grandson.

The grandfather is written with care, the relationships are beautiful, and there is brilliant precision in the layering threads of floating memories that all comes together by the end.

This is a clearly a personal story & a bit of a love letter - and I also think it would be a perfect piece to read with a young person with a grandparent or someone in their life affected by dementia who would be going through these exact pains. 

CW: dementia, death, death of parent, grief, medical content, terminal illness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Terminal illness

quills4days's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Dementia

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Blood and Medical content

emeraldelephant's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Terminal illness, and Mental illness