Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

33 reviews

sib_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing and Police brutality

halfdracula's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

Read this in one sitting and cried a lot toward the end. I loved Priestdaddy, and here Patricia Lockwood again exercises her unique ability for accurate depictions of what it’s like to be a modern woman (and, it should be said, also Thom Yorke, whom I was thinking of before she wrote his name). Strange and beautiful and thoughtful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Child death, and Medical content

Moderate: Abortion

definitely do not advise to anyone who is or may soon become pregnant

or who is for any other reason likely to find discussions of complicated pregnancies, birth defects, and infant death more upsetting than those things inherently are to an average reader

hazmatz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

it's a good thing this moves relatively fast because I was prepared to call this overrated...but the second half...indeed that good

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Child death, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

emmahillcoat's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I both really enjoyed this and didn’t at the same time. I feel a bit over social media commentary I think it’s a difficult thing to do without coming across as judgemental or superior. Very likely  projecting my own insecurities of my personal  social media experience though . Did cause me to uninstall them off my phone hahah so I guess it really stuck with me. 

Particularly towards the end of the book I really really enjoyed the authors observations and descriptions. They are sad and hopeful and poetic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

Minor: Rape

nataliereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Pregnancy

bigraymond's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, and Death

annamarya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-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

4.5

I loved how close I felt to the nameless protagonist and her family. 

The book really made me think about my relationship with the internet and how it affects me in real life. 

I did find the form difficult at first, however as the novel progressed it became clear as to why it was written the way it was and it is genius.

I cried and then laughed at the turn of a page. Very beautifully written and structured.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Grief

Minor: Ableism

leahewhite's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Child death, Chronic illness, and Pregnancy

redbow's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion

These topics are a part of the book but, imho they are treated with great respect and grace.

narpetcards's review against another edition

funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness