Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Os cem anos de Lenni e Margot: Romance by Marianne Cronin

82 reviews

irislovescats's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

My favourite book of all time. Made me cry on multiple occasions, but taught me so much. A reminder to everyone to seize the moment and to love people and life while you can 🥹💛

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cancer, Medical content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death, and Dementia

Moderate: Abandonment and Lesbophobia

kathleenguthriewoods's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

My favorite book of the year so far (June). Highly recommend the audio for the accents (Glasgow) and emotions. Laughed out loud and cried -- in public, naturally. This is a beautiful book. Sad, and hopeful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, Death, and Grief

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Grief, Dementia, Death, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Ableism

beate251's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

I cried at the end.

Nuff said.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Car accident, Child death, Dementia, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

katiemack's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Child death, and Dementia

melancholymegs's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Grief

ispeakpurple's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Medical content, Terminal illness, Grief, and Dementia

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

blueyogi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Grief

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Child death, Vomit, Medical content, and Lesbophobia

ccassidy98's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Terminal illness, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Dementia

Minor: Pregnancy

markedwithanm's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Child death, Death, and Pregnancy