Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Les Bien-aimés by Ann Napolitano

191 reviews

radfordmanor's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment

skirteen's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism

rachhathaway's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad tense 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: Complicated

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One of my new favorites. If you didn’t know it was an homage to Little Women, you would never know. Knowing that makes you treasure the story even more. I loved how the Padavano sister’s personalities meshed with a variety of the March sister’s. It was a challenge deciding who was who, which kept my intrigue. The story was rich with dramatic life changes, but each change felt very normal, and real. Some other things I appreciated were involving unlikable characters, the use of time, and that the story remained in third person, despite the change in character which is really rare, and gave great insight. I thought about this book when I wasn’t reading it, which is always my make of a good novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Grief, Pregnancy

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lcampbell1003's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This one is hard to rate. There were large chunks of story that were boring and some characters were stubborn and unlikable, but when it all comes together, it makes sense, and there is a beauty to how that is so reflective of life; imperfect and full of small moments that make up the grander story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment

thaliasb's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a collage of complex characters and a family with generational trauma. Nevertheless, it wasn't entirely dark... It gave a nostalgic feeling, highlighting the morally challenging plot lines and how we reflect on loved ones postmortem. It showed the tenderness of sisters, and a tightknit family in the two cities Chicago and New York. Fabulous start to my 2025 reads!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Cancer

cheekmeat's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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For a novel purely focused on its characters i would have expected each would be bursting with complexity. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Child death

heymeredith's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

ladybug12793's review against another edition

4.25

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child death, Homophobia

10tlgibs's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Omg women stop tearing your families apart over boring, bland men!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Death of parent

fboschetti's review against another edition

5.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident