Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

30 reviews

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

The writing and prose is beautiful and all the different perspectives made this book truly thought-provoking and profound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Cancer

Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Hate crime

davidrb's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

My only criticism of the book is that I wish it was longer. Unfortunately, I just wanted more of it! Some parts felt a little underdeveloped, but it was masterfully done even for how short it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

my_plant_library's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Grief and Sexual content

chloelawrence127's review

reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Death, and Hate crime

sarahbuckley's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

I wasn’t sure how every story would tie together but the ending was so good and gut wrenching.

I didn’t think Iris could be redeemed, but by the end I really enjoyed her character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Child death, and Racism

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual content

ldandridge's review

emotional 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

4.0

The writing is poetic and emotional, much like Another Brooklyn. The many different perspectives and constant shifting of time and place made it a bit disorienting in a way (not always in a bad way), but because of the breadth it seemed too short to accomplish all that needed to be said

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Death

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Physical abuse

linnkaren's review

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Cancer

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Terminal illness

clawrence345's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cancer and Grief

repunzee's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

Minor: Child death

thevietvegan's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The writing style is super jarring, but about 1/3 through I was acquainted enough with the characters to follow the narrative without having to read back a page. It's a challenging story of generational trauma, motherhood, love, understanding oneself and told through a family's eyes. It is beautiful and sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Slavery, Sexism, and Child death