Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

17 reviews

williamabookworm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Grief, Car accident, Death, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cancer, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

cosmicwillow's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

i enjoyed this! it was well-written and a very interesting premise. however, i did find it to be missing something. maybe lacking in lore or just ash’s life outside of poppy after she dies but idk. i also think it’s odd for ash to call esen and dev her family but have them all still act so similarly to the way they did in the week after she died. i think that might also be what i felt was missing. but overall, this was a sweet romance and i really liked it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Lesbophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Drug use, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cancer

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Car accident

Moderate: Grief, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Cursing, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Cancer, Classism, Abandonment, Addiction, and Religious bigotry

dazzle_spider_reader_1212's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Lesbophobia, and Grief

solliereads's review

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

The best word I can use to describe this book is haunting, in both a literal and metaphorical sense. I found myself unable to put it down, and I felt so captivated by Poppy and Ash's story. I especially found the first part difficult to stop reading, the author beautifully weaves tragedy and romance together and it leaves you winded as you know exactly what's going to happen but you still desparately want them to have that happy ending. I also really enjoyed the whole concept of reaping, and how it happens although I somewhat wish some more time had been devoted to building that other world up, I recognise that this story wouldn't be what it was without that lampshade on Ash's emotional journey. I would highly recommend this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, Suicide, Alcohol, and Racism

Minor: Cancer, Child death, and Bullying

frantically's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

The love story in this was absolutely adorable but the paranormal element fell flat for me, I wish it had been more developed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Murder and Mental illness

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

emilycrowleyyy's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Homophobia

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Alcohol and Cancer

littlecogs's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Death

Minor: Cancer

jazminnnnnnn's review

challenging hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Homophobia, and Death

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, Transphobia, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

pan_to_ffel's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Child death, Abandonment, Racism, and Cancer