Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell

19 reviews

bashsbooks's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

What Once Was Mine is a very fun book. As an avid reader of fanfiction, I love the transformative possibilities that come with the question "what if x was different?" and I felt like this book answered that question for Tangled pretty well. And this whole series gives a pretty positive spin to this kind of fanfiction-adjacent transformative property, so that's cool. I don't know that I fully understand the inclusion of the frame story (although it was really sweet! It just felt kind of unnecessary as well). I also don't know why there was repeated Bathory slander (on one hand, I think it's weird as someone who assumes that most of the vampiric tales about her were lies, but on the other, it's very fanfic core). Will probably read a few other Twisted Tales.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Cancer, Medical content, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-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? Yes

2.0

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This book was alright. I really wanted to like since I liked Tangled and the characters. The characters were good and the changes in their relationships were interesting. The plot was fine, but I struggled to stay interested. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, and Cancer

Minor: Death

likehidenseek's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

A cute little romp and a fun time. Has Princess and the Bride story telling vibes and I loved that

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

Child illness/cancer

haleybre's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Blood, Gaslighting, Child death, Medical content, Confinement, and Abandonment

sarah_royal04's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

princegene95's review

slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, and Kidnapping

dyslexic_book_lover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

acrosstheskyinstars's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

Let me start by saying that I love these Disney retellings. I will read pretty much any myth or fairy tale retelling. What I liked about this book: the side characters, exploring the world more, the writing. What I didn't like: the inclusion of Elizabeth Bathory, the framing device of the whole book, the side characters didn't get as fleshed out as I would have liked. I did love the side characters and wished that we'd gotten more time with them and their POVs (Gina and Flynn in particular). The choice to not have Mother Gothel as the main villain was certainly interesting. That being said, the inclusion of Elizabeth Bathory (the real-life murderous countess) felt very out of place to me. Lastly, the framing device made me feel constantly pulled out of the story rather than having it help to further the plot. I did like the sense of adventure and that Rapunzel goes through more character development than the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement

ailurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

quietmarki's review

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse