Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Mañana, y mañana, y mañana by Gabrielle Zevin

438 reviews

xbernadette's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Suicide, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

issy_jacob's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

blairsatellite's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abortion, Medical trauma, Vomit, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Cursing, Ableism, Mass/school shootings, Cancer, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Hate crime, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Car accident, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Gore, Cultural appropriation, Classism, and Terminal illness

wvlly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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 liked it, it made me want to play more video games and made me more aware of what goes into them. 
also showed me that every artist, no matter the craft, has more or less the same struggles.
this book has my heart,

even though i thought marx death was kind of unnecessary but im still thinking about that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Murder, Homophobia, and Cancer

nancyalicerose's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug abuse and Ableism

sophiabenton's review against another edition

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

3.0

Real mixed opinions on this book as a whole. Was really confused about a third in as I had put the book down for a while and then was suddenly a good 20 years ahead in the next chapter which was really confusing. I feel if it read chronologically I’d have enjoyed a lot more and would’ve built a better relationship with the characters and seeing their growth. Some sections I absolutely loved but through the second half of the book I just found myself skimming sentences and wanting to skip pages because it felt so boring. I also got really confused when it entered the scene in the game near the end, I didn’t get a sense of who was who or what the purpose of that section was. Personally didn’t get the hype 🥲

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Gun violence, Chronic illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness

curlykristenk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book made me feel SO MANY FEELINGS. Some happy, some sad, some furious, some distraught. But that’s what makes a good book. The writing was incredible, thoughtful and thought provoking. Just amazingly creative and clever. 
Yes there were plenty of toxic elements to the many relationships in this but navigating those is also a part of life. They were authentically human and both Sam and Sadie made mistakes. I don’t like that she still meets up with dov in the end but just goes to show the long lasting effects that (TW) grooming and manipulation can have on a person. This overall was a realistic, messy, heart wrenching, heart warming story about human connection and love. What else is there? 
The NPC has my heart. 

This review was written and book was read prior to learning about xenophobic author.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Abortion, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Confinement, Miscarriage, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

Minor: Blood, Body horror, and Cancer

a_novi'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book has some great relationship building between the characters that isn’t just the generic book plot you would expect. It is realistic. The guy doesn’t “get the girl” the friendships are not perfect. There’s pride there’s grudges there grief. It’s not a feel-good book but it’s relatable and interesting and emotionally challenging. A lesson from this book  can be interpreted as “life is shit and it doesn’t really get easier but we meet some people we love on the way. Loving them is not easy either but it is worth it all the same” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Chronic illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Murder, and Gun violence

shmerikataylor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

julianaparra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Car accident, Chronic illness, Grief, Death, and Sexism

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Physical abuse, Cultural appropriation, and Vomit