Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak

27 reviews

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

5.0

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It is a 5 star by default. Not perfect, very long, but so is life. I loved the brotherhood portrayed in this masterpiece. I believe that re-reading it would be even more impactful (but i'll need a bit of distance before that happens). If you are looking for a whole life in a book, this is exactly that. Unique and bright with imagery and emotions. Love this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

jim_jam16's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent

kate3084's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide

greenan26's review against another edition

2.0

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Vomit

doramak's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Car accident

carlytenille's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

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6 stars, no notes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol

twocollins's review

4.5

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This is a slow simmer and study of how grief and loss impacts a family unit and individuals.

There is a lot of sadness, reflection, but also love in this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Death of parent

tanja_reads_'s review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Markus Zusak is an author that is an automatic buy for me and so the fact that This book took me a little bit longer to get into, kind of was disappointing, but in the end the slow pace and the dual timelines paid off. This was a sad, but hopeful story that had me in tears at the end. 
The time jumps I each chapter were hard to get used to, as was the more choppy narration, but all that leads to the charm and almost truthful feel of the story. 
I loved the dynamic of the brothers and how they all related to each other, and to the others around them. It truly was the heart of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Death, Death of parent

counciloffrogs's review against another edition

2.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Sometimes I struggle with giving books 2 stars and qualifying what a 2 star book really is, but this is the epitome of one. Why should I care about the Dunbar boys? I don’t know but I kind of do? Only enough to not put the book down and DNF it, but certainly I think if I didn’t relate to how broken and yet relenting they are I would have. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Antisemitism, Murder, Alcohol

zarfus211's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad slow-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: Complicated

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Poetic, but I don't think I fully understood some of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer