Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Heart Principle – L'ipotenusa dell'amore by Helen Hoang

257 reviews

bookcasey's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Sexual harassment

rebekahg876's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

savvy999'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

4.5

So so so good. I loved the other two but in this one , there is a recognition here of  pain, and  it voices something that I think has been understood but never said. And it helped me recognize that within myself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

em16's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

ollie_again's review against another edition

 DNF at 71% I just can't deal with it. CW: 

gaslighting, caretaking for a family member who's paralyzed and nonverbal at that point, infantilization of said person by his own daughter, mentions and brief conversations about infertility and cancer

I'm sorry but I just cannot finish this. I wanted to get to the happy ending and maybe I'll finish it someday but reading it in one go got me angry, frustrated, sick to my stomach, nauseous, and possibly caused me an anxiety attack. I was prepared that this is not a fluffy nice read like the previous books in the trilogy, but I was not prepared for the contents. I heard that it deals with Anna finding out she's autistic and dealing with that, I haven't heard a mention about the caretaking aspect of this book, which takes most of the story and is quite detailed. And traumatizing to read about.

On top of that, Julien, Anna's not-quite-ex is as gross as they come, gaslighting and manipulative, and while sure he can be all that, Anna's family standing behind him the whole time, twisting the words and situations they haven't witnessed and manipulating Anna because they like him for her, is too much for me to handle and I just can't. I hated pretty much every character in the story except from the two MCs and those from the previous books.

I don't mind harder reads, but I didn't sign up for this. I still enjoyed Helen Hoang's writing and will pick up her next book, but The Heart Principle feels like a book from a different series and genre altogether. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, and Infidelity

naoewald's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Quan is the new loml <3.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

eviereadsallthetime's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

jkiranjot's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Minor: Classism

chelsaat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.0

Two heartbreaking romance novels in a row. I loved these, but I need something fluffy next!! LOL.

This was a lot more emotional than I anticipated. I felt so hard for Anna, especially when it came to caretaking for a terminally ill parent and her need for self care. Even without the author’s note, I could tell how personal this story was to Helen Hoang. 

While I appreciated this story, I do wish we had seen more of Quan. I spent two books loving him as a side character and was really excited to get to know more about him in this book. And you do learn more, but he definitely takes a backseat to Anna and her issues. Anna doesn’t even meet his brother, for instance! 

Here’s hoping Hoang continues this series so we can see more glimpses of this couple in happier times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism and Cancer

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts