Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

24 reviews

karyan1's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.0

This book started off STRONG, so I thought I would end up rating it 5 stars, classifying it was one of my favorite books I read this year. I certainly still enjoyed the book, but it wasn’t what I expected.

I liked how the characters and their stories connected. I was frustrated, though, that we never got an answer as to how or why the strings appeared. I get the symbolism: in life, we don’t always know the “why” nor can we always control what happens to us, but we can control our reaction to it; I just wish we got an answer in the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Cancer, Outing, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, War, Car accident, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

marareading's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

What would you do if one day you woke one day to find out that every single adult in the world could know the length of their life? As you can imagine the world could easily fold to chaos. Wow. This book will stay with me. 

Eight people. All wake one day to a world who all have a small chest with a string inside showing how long they'll live. Governments, religions, families, jobs, friends, marriages, all changed overnight. Looking at everything differently. The value of life changing and being argued. 

The different perspectives, and human experiences. The way people's experiences were intertwined. I was gripped, and touched. This reflects SO WELL the world we live in. I'll be thinking of this book for a long time to come. Absolutely brilliant. 10/10 recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, Classism, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Cancer, War, and Racism

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

Graphic: Classism and Grief

Minor: Medical content, Outing, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Death, and Violence