Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

13 reviews

joelafond's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. Just wow. I devoured this book. I was engrossed by every single page. Masterful storytelling. Hilarious, heartbreaking, and deeply human. Can’t say enough good things about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Hate crime, Homophobia, Death, and Drug abuse

books_withblooms's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Homophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Death, and Abandonment

kersley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

If a book made me cry during reading, it’s an instant 5 stars. What do I rate a book that made me ugly cry several times…

“The years apart will feel like nothing compared to what we have before us”

Also, it moved me a little to see my country being mentioned casually in the book (Mauritius) ♥️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Murder, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Grief, Cancer, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Medical content

alice_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Violence, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Torture, Child abuse, Murder, Cancer, Death, and Religious bigotry

peanutparker's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Death, Violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Murder, War, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Cancer, Dementia, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

snwalsh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

This book is amazing. I loved the voice, and even though I didn't really care about Cyril's life at first, he grew on me. Cyril is a flawed character, that hurts and gets hurt by others, but fundamentally he just wants to live a good life. I think the only thing that gives me pause about this book is all of the "coincidences". I feel like they were just gotcha moments that weren't well thought out, and were ways to bring characters together without having an organic way of putting them together. It felt very passive, and unbelievable, which seemed to be the opposite of the lessons that Cyril learned in his life (not being passive, working for what you want, being transparent, etc). Otherwise it's an incredible book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Grief, Murder, Chronic illness, and Homophobia

Moderate: Dementia, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, and Terminal illness

shel_bay11's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Trafficking, War, Murder, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Cancer, Dementia, and Incest

juliaureads's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

4.5

 I was really skeptical, considering all the hype around this book, but it got me in the end.

What can I say that hasn't already been said? Wonderful writing, fantastic characters. Could have done with a faster pace, but that's purely personal preference.

The epilogue got me in the end, don't worry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Sexism

Minor: Cancer

moiracampbell23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Kidnapping

kmaron's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Murder