Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

36 reviews

cedura's review

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Cancer

thespinystacks's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicide, Cancer, and Death

kitfkat's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Child death

loui's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Terminal illness

korrasami95's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Death, and Suicide

extraaardvark's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Minor: Death and Racism

lyingcat's review

emotional inspiring 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 made me cry both happy and sad tears. Easily my favourite read in a few years

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Racism and Cancer

mika3's review

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

I really read this book at the perfect time for myself. The ending was incredibly emotional for me because of some experiences I have had. I have discovered the microgenre of books about books/reading and it's really been treating me well. (I recently read the reading cure also.) 
Fav quote:
"[B]ooks aren't always an escape; sometimes books teach us things. They show us the world they don't hide it."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Cancer, and Suicide

Minor: Racism, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

madisonfrank's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death, Grief, Cancer, Child death, Car accident, and Suicide

enigmadame's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.0

I’m conflicted in how I feel about this book.  Overall, I’m glad I read it, but also disappointed in how some of the characters were developed.  I obviously cared enough to finish it, but had I known how it ended would I have?  Could I recommend it?  I really am torn…  I think the idea is great; much like other prescriptions for reading ideas/lists.  I think this one struck me especially because I can’t remember ever having a Hindi protagonist.  There were a lot of words I had to look up and I loved it!  I was annoyed at the shallow development of the secondary characters and the non-development, or explanation, of some of the more main ones.  What’s the deal with the mom?  Is it just depression or is there a backstory we’re not getting?  And the ending with the brother…that one bothered me, as it was supposed to.  So…I *think* I can sort of recommend it, but won’t be in a book hole for my next one.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Terminal illness, and Mental illness