Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park

24 reviews

anh_read's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Outing, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Fatphobia, Stalking, and Infidelity

avocadotoastbee's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

The title Love in the Big City is a little misleading. This is not a light-hearted romance novel.
A more appropriate title might have been "Heartbreak in the Big City".
But it's not just about love or heartbreak, throughout the book Sang Young Park covers some heavy topics.
I really liked the overall concept, but the execution was somehow a bit messy. I sometimes couldn't remember at what point things happened. Nevertheless, some passages captivated me and I enjoyed reading the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Suicide

martasshelf's review

dark 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? Yes

4.5

Really enjoyed this book. 
Loved the dry humor and the serious reflective moments.
Also appreciated the writing of different relationships, not only romantic or good ones, like friends and family - Park's relationship with his mum tells us a lot about him.
Park sounds sometimes uncaring, like someone who goes through life lightly but he cares more than he shows. And the book is darker and sadder thank it feels when you think about it. In the end, it feels somehow familiar even if your reality couldn't be farther from Park's.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Abortion, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Cancer

marianaribeiro's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Terminal illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

felicityj's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

noahsingh's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Fatphobia, and Cancer

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

daria_mm's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Abortion

Minor: Classism and Fatphobia

tesschair's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Fatphobia and Suicidal thoughts

the main character lives with hiv/aids

lidia7's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, Abortion, Outing, and Infidelity

Minor: Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Fatphobia, Sexism, and Classism

risemini's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Death, Outing, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Alcohol