Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult

7 reviews

amandamz's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Cancer, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, and Suicide

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Child death

iamaprettyflower's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book had so many unexpected twists that it had me screaming into a pillow (in a good way!). I really loved that it explained the history behind all of the Egypt references as I would have been completely lost otherwise. I really enjoyed it 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Medical content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

cyndi1966's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, and Grief

cwalden's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming

itsharrietrj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Death, and Pregnancy

abigailp's review

reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Chronic illness, and Child death

eternalparadox's review

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Instead of her usual switching POVS, Picoult takes this book through two stories, two choices, from one POV. I never found this confusing.  Per the usual, there is a lot of content throughout that pertains to the characters jobs and interests- this time those are Egyptology and quantum physics. While this text could be expansive at times, I found it really interesting and, as always, wonderfully steeped in metaphor. 

Picoult’s Book of Two Ways will get you thinking about your life and your choices and leave you rooting for everyone. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since I finished it. Once again, Picoult’s newest book seems to top her last. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Infidelity

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Eating disorder, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, and Child death

The book is sort of about death and the afterlife, but not in a fearsome or gruesome way