Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Os Cem Anos de Lenni e Margot by Marianne Cronin

40 reviews

msennflinn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

"We are in the back of hundreds of people's photographs - moving, talking, blurring into the background of a picture two strangers have framed on their living room mantelpiece. And in that way, we live on too. But it isn't enough. It isn't enough to have been a particle in the great extant of existence. I want, we want, more. We want for people to know us, to know our story, to know who we are and who we will be. And after we're gone, to know who we were."

I can't believe this is Marianne Cronin's debut novel. The stories of Lenni and Margot are going to be forever emblazoned in my mind - they're filled with wit, hope, love, and heartbreak. I hope you pick up this book that - in my opinion - hasn't been talked about enough. Easily sitting pretty at the top of my favorites I've read this year. I can't wait until this author pens another beautiful story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Medical content, and Grief

buffy87's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

• forced story, didn't feel organic 
• bored until halfway until Margot's story started to take shape
• Lenni's story is quite underfilled
• pushing the connections between all the characters (like what was the purpose of the Temp & the man in the ER)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Medical trauma, Death, Grief, Medical content, Child death, and Chronic illness

macaronsandmermaids's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Terminal illness, Dementia, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Alcohol

rachelthompson's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Medical content

Moderate: Child death

sallenreads's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

ellaym1308's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is the most wholesome read I've read by far, and when I say I smiled, laughed and cried all the way through it, I did it twice over. So beautifully written, and there were stories within the story, but all connected to create such a lovely ending! 

READ IT!!!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Medical content

candaceallison's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

Moderate: Medical content

betsyhokamp's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Child death, and Terminal illness

onion's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: War, Dementia, Toxic friendship, and Excrement

Minor: Ableism, Abandonment, and Lesbophobia

raincityreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Chronic illness, Death, Child death, Dementia, and Terminal illness