Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole

121 reviews

bookaholic84's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? N/A

5.0

I don’t know where to begin, my first tear was on page 15 and I sobbed through the majority of this book, my heart is broken and this book with live with me for infinity 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief

taylorp98's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Child death, Grief, and Death

crobinson81217's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

This book gutted me. Some parts were a little cheesy or unrealistic, but I was sobbing… and I can’t remember the last time I did that while reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol

astalavista's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness

alexmall029's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.5

Didn't build the relationship enough, described the relationship but didnt let you feel it. Spent too much time describing their kisses and their sadness. Too too too many time jumps. Kind of overly religious. EPILOGUE SUCKED! Disappointing

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Content Warnings

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

taraaleitz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.5

4.5⭐️/5

Cry count: 19.

This book reminds me of a fanfiction that I would’ve read in middle school, but in the best way possible. The simple language and the romance is what reminds me of it, but this is such a sweet story. The bad-boy comments made me cringe, but the sweetness of the rest of the book outweighs it.

This is a YA book, but I—a 24 year old woman—enjoyed this thoroughly and cried a good amount.

And the epilogue… oh man. Didn’t quite expect that, though it isn’t unpredictable. Good stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Death

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Grief

lilbookowl's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.25

This was a pretty emotional and I had bawled my eyes out a few times, but the ending kind of ruined the whole thing for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Cancer

amylouxo's review against another edition

lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

2.5

I didn’t enjoy this book I found it hard to get through the characters hard to relate to and there was a lot of soppy romance scenes that made me cringe 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

chloebo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, Mental illness, Drug use, Cancer, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Addiction

Minor: Cursing