Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Þernan by Nita Prose

146 reviews

courtneys_reading's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious tense 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: No

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I really enjoyed this! I was not expecting the twists that happened either.

Also not gonna lie, I thought this was set in England for the longest time while reading. It gives British vibes but then they talked about the Olive Garden lol. Still, cute. 

Only 4.5 stars because I felt like

Molly went from not being able to read anyone at all to being able to read everyone in about two minutes. And it was a tad predictable.

But would still recommend as it was an enjoyable read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder

Minor: Cancer, Deportation

shesflippinpages's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Deportation

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

miniingrid's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Nunca pensé que la protagonista de un murder mystery iba a darle un abrazo reconfortante a mi yo adolescente. Con algunas diferencias, pero menos de las que me gustaría...
Ha sido un viaje interesante. Gracias por tanto, Molly.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Deportation

jen_reads23's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Molly the maid is neuro divergent. When a guest at the hotel she works at is found dead she becomes a person of interest.
I found this book infuriating in the beginning as nobody seems to acknowledge that the main character is neuro divergent even though it is painfully obvious.  As the story goes on I appreciated the writers choice in doing this to show how Molly endures this discrimination in her daily life.
The story is captivating and entertaining like an episode of Molly's favourite, 'Columbo'. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

emma_sky's review against another edition

2.25

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Cancer, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism

hmetwade's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Grief, Murder, Deportation

catarina_pego's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Minor: Cancer

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Deportation

isabezza's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

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This is a difficult review to write as this book was simply okay. Initially I enjoyed our main character's unique, flawed, bullied, possibly neurodivergent mindstyle, but it quickly became repetitive. The mystery was generally predictable even when the main character omitted aspects of the narrative for suspense. The characters were two-dimensional; good or evil with little nuance. Nonetheless, this was an enjoyable and comfortable read with some exciting moments. The little victories for the main character I particularly enjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Murder, Deportation

hazelsbookcase's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer