Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Os Cem Anos de Lenni e Margot by Marianne Cronin

34 reviews

ate_reads'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Dementia

maryannc'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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Cancer, Death, and Medical content

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

What a beautiful book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Child death, Medical content, Abandonment, Grief, and Pregnancy

atamano's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Medical content and Dementia

Minor: Lesbophobia

bethanyearle's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Dementia

nothingforpomegranted's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.0

Lenni is seventeen years old, dying from a terminal illness and living in a hospital in Glasgow. One day, on a whim, she wanders into the hospital chapel, where she challenges (and becomes fast friends with) Father Arthur, asking questions about God, faith, and why she is dying. Shortly later (or maybe not, depending on how you judge the passage of hospital time), Lenni encounters Margot in an art class. Immediately fascinated by her life and her stories, Lenni is struck by the fact that Margot is 83 years old, meaning that their lives, together, add up to 100 years. 

The two embark on a project to paint 100 canvases, representing the 100 years of their lives, and, in alternating chapters, they reveal their stories to each other, opening up about divorce and death, love and loss. 

This is a book with a sweet, heartwarming, sometimes devastating premise with two characters who led interesting lives. Yet, I just didn't feel connected to the story. I enjoyed reading about Lenni's relationship with Father Arthur and Margot's relationship with Howard--actually, I think Howard was my favorite character--but Lenni and Margot's friendship was unconvincing to me, which definitely reduced the overall impact of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Abandonment, and Child death

allweseeorseem's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

cereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dementia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, and Vomit

catladyreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, and Pregnancy

planetarysilver's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

just realized i put the review for a different book than this one in here but whatever.

1000000/5 stars

in my probably 13 years of reading, i do not have any memory of crying over a book and definitely not as i was reading it. but thanks to this book, that’s not true anymore! there was a whole chapter near the end where i just had my shirt stuffed up my nostrils because i couldn’t stop my nose from running; then a couple pages later i had to stop reading for 30 seconds because i couldn’t see the words through my literal tears. then at the very end i watched teardrops fall from my face onto my bed. i didn’t even realize i was crying. this book has WRECKED me. highly recommend

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Content Warnings

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