Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Sinner by Sierra Simone

24 reviews

miayukino's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Never read/listened to erotica before and perhaps it was a silly assumption to think that there’d not be a plot I was interested in or a plot at all but I was pleasantly surprised to find explorations of religious trauma, faith, anticipatory grief, and shame in this work? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Sexual content, and Grief

ana27734's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

bookaholic84's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicide, Medical content, and Racism

ga_bby4's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Terminal illness, Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide and Child death

Minor: Sexual assault

withreveling's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Classism, Cancer, Death of parent, Medical content, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism

Age gap relationship, testing of faith, Catholicism.

Roleplay of adult/minor relationship within age gap relationship (21 and 36).

emahleh's review

emotional sad fast-paced

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

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Pregnancy and Racism

notamouse's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Racism, and Grief

antidietleah's review

emotional 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: Medical content, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

careliza's review

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

Honestly I love Sierra Simone’s books. I love how much depth the characters have, despite the book being labeled as erotica. I’m not usually someone who likes dark books, but I related to

watching someone you love die of cancer. However, I am sad that the two women in the family have now passed away. The mom really had a tragic life, with her young daughter dying of suicide which she was still grieving in “Priest,” and then being diagnosed and passing away from cancer. I did find it odd that we didn’t hear much about the work project that started all of this to begin with. I understand that there were enough other obstacles, so the FMC and MMC did not need to fight about the monastery, but I thought this would come into play much more than it did. We barely hear about it in the end. I also was not a fan of the FMC becoming pregnant so young. I honestly don’t really like hearing about pregnancy at all for some reason. But I felt like Sean kind of robbed Zenny of her 20s by getting her pregnant so soon. It’s one thing to marry her young, it’s another thing to get her pregnant so young. I know he’s much older so time was important, but even a few years would have been better. I did really enjoy the acknowledgement of racism and Sean’s privilege. I thought Sierra Simone handled this well.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and am enjoying this series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Cancer, Child death, Terminal illness, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Racism

katierosecrane's review

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

4.5

The first part of the book starts out predictable like other smutty books. Then out of nowhere you’re hit with tense waves of concern and contemplation. 

Beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Cancer, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Child death, Death of parent, Classism, Grief, Medical content, Cursing, Death, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness