Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Wellness by Nathan Hill

9 reviews

aileron's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Self harm and Animal death

bookishcookiemonster's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Great exploration of humans, couples, and how each person's baggage doesn't just go away magically. 
Definitely had me reflecting a lot about my own life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Ableism, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Animal death, Classism, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abortion

mercerhanau's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Addiction, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death of parent, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Alcohol, Cancer, Animal cruelty, Grief, and Pregnancy

knels813's review

emotional funny inspiring 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

Minor: Animal death

erikagibson126's review

challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Child abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cancer, Animal death, Physical abuse, Bullying, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

kelsylee's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death and Cancer

elisalasater's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

creativerunnings's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Death of parent, Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

caseythereader's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

Thanks to AA Knopf for the free copy of this book.

 - WELLNESS is a book that is so sprawling and layered that I am having a hard time collecting my thoughts about it.
- Hill is such a master of slowly unspooling a story, giving us each piece of a character's life at the exact moment it's needed, which somehow makes a slow, character-based novel feel like a page turner.
- It's possibly I simply connect too deeply to this book, given that I'm someone who thought she'd be an artist of some kind who is now married in the suburbs...but I think even if you don't identify with that particular part of the story, there will be something in Jack and Elizabeth's lives that rings true to you.
- The more I think about this book, the more sure I am that I can't condense it into an Instagram caption. Consider this an open invitation to come chat with me about it if you've read it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, and Sexual content