Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

21 reviews

maelikesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.5

I don’t usually like time travel stories, but this was a perfect one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Deportation, Death of parent, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Colonisation, and Death

Minor: Child abuse

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, War, Vomit, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Colonisation, Confinement, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexism

summerb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Colonisation

Minor: Chronic illness, Excrement, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

axel_p's review

challenging slow-paced

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

3.0

ok

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, Confinement, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

naomiysl's review

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

A bit too neat of an ending, but I have to admit that the pandemic scenes really made me feel seen, especially those that describe being a wfh parent under lockdown. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Gun violence

mccluskyn's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

stagemanaginger's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.75

Hard to follow at times. I loved Station Eleven so I thought I would love this, too, but it was mostly a struggle to get through it even with it being so short

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, and Terminal illness

athryn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

This isn't my typical kind of science fiction read. It's a lot more reflective and contemplative, but she definitely nailed the setting and the premise. The story was very intriguing and kept me engaged. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness

This is a post pandemic book with descriptions on life during a pandemic, which could be triggering.

nodustollens's review

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: War

Minor: Suicide

1414's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Gun violence