Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

23 reviews

music_girl84's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

sophiab27's review

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Child death, Death, Cancer, and Dementia

elysahenegar's review

emotional funny 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

4.0

This is an endearing story of friendship, story, art, love, and remembering. It's gently told, much of it in flash back. I loved the characters  and their unusual found family. Touching, with a melancholy undertone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Death

awaldon1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

This book made me cry.  I knew it would and I am not sorry it did.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Dementia, and Cancer

marigold82's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.75

The beginning of this book is slow. I started and put this book down dozens of times. Do yourself a favor and keep reading!! It is a beautiful story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ariadne_07's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

moniipeters's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

eebeck'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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Chronic illness