Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

10 reviews

melancholymegs's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Grief

haleymaple's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book that is really about truly living life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Mental illness

Moderate: War

sallenreads's review

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

morwenna's review

emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Mental illness

tanishah's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

A beautiful tale of two dying women — one young and one old — and the moments of their lives that made them worth living. This is a story of friendship, love, desire, and curiosity. Margot and Lenni are such a lovable duo — and are phenomenal women on their own. I knew when I read the first page that this book was going to destroy me. It did not disappoint. 

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Content Warnings

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

laurenw's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

This was a delightful read. Lenni's voice draws you in, and then her and Margot's story fits in so well. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, and Bullying

phangaea's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

catladyreads's review

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

hollyd19's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

The Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot follows the friendship of the eponymous women who are both residents in the terminal ward of the  Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital. Lenni is seventeen and Margot is eighty-three, making their collective lives span one hundred years. When the pair meet in a patient art class, they decide to share their stories with one another as they paint matching vignettes.

I thought this book was so lovely. It's slow and soft, charming in a way that is unique to inter-generational relationships. The two help one another to process some of the harder bits of their past, but also help each other live fully in whatever time they've got left. Lenni and Margot get into light mischief and show each other deep respect as committed friends. It'd be a great pick for folks who enjoyed A Man Called Ove or Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Medical content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Death, Dementia, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Vomit