Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

5 reviews

jaynovara's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, and Drug use

Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Outing, Infidelity, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Biphobia

sholcomb's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.25

I loved the characters in this book, and the writing style had me captivated, but unfortunately it was just too rushed. The timeline was confusing sometimes and I couldn’t tell what had happened to get us to the point we were at, not enough was explained. Also sometimes there was too much focus on things that were never brought up again, rather than the actual friendship of Jane and Fiona. I would’ve loved if there was more time with them together, dealing with things, and more about their friendship as a whole, as well as more explanations of certain plot points. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Outing, Drug use, and Death of parent

eed8's review

emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Suicide

collie98's review

dark emotional sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault, War, Racism, Physical abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Terminal illness, Self harm, and Grief

taylor_annotates's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts