Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

8 reviews

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Colonisation, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Terminal illness

ziracrow's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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: Terminal illness and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Xenophobia

olivanna_creations's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Terminal illness

dani_reis's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Addiction

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

becca_w_'s review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Classism, Violence, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Misogyny, Grief, Medical content, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexism, Terminal illness, Addiction, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, War, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Confinement, Abandonment, Outing, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

ellejo3's review against another edition

This is a colonizer/colonized romance where the colonized FMC is working herself to death to support her struggling family. I couldn’t get past it and would’ve DNF’d it if it hadn’t been an arc.

The fact that she’s working herself to death never changes either. For all we know, she could die the day after the book ends. It seems like Saft is trying to treat this like a terminal illness, but the fact that it’s only happening so she can support her family who’s struggling due to the effects of colonization left a sour taste in my mouth.

There’s also a lot of homophobia, which is unnecessary and tiring in a fantasy world. 

Thank you to Netgalley for giving me an arc in exchange for my thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Terminal illness

Moderate: Colonisation

immovabletype's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Classism, Homophobia, Colonisation, Xenophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Alcohol, Outing, Genocide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cursing, Child abuse, Confinement, and War

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Ableism, Colonisation, Infidelity, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Terminal illness