Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Together We Will Go by J. Michael Straczynski

11 reviews

fink1129's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Self harm, Death, Terminal illness, Animal death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Bullying, Chronic illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Fatphobia, Medical content, Drug use, Abandonment, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

cassidypamela's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

TRIGGER WARNING : This book is not for everyone because its main focus is suicide as well as assisted suicide. 

This was emotional & heart wrenching journey! The book follows 12 people who wish to experience a week or two on a bus with other like-minded people who are done on this earth before ultimately driving off a California cliff together. Throughout the novel, the riders journal their reasoning for wanting to end their life and their thoughts as the trip moves along. It was so interesting, yet heartbreaking to hear about everyone’s backstories and what happened in their lives to lead them to this point. 

I quite literally couldn’t put this book down and finished in a day. The characters are memorable and the storyline was written so well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Chronic illness

ayanez427's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Suicide, Death, Murder, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Self harm, Terminal illness, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

kholjevac's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

cernst09's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Murder, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Drug use, Fatphobia, Chronic illness, Self harm, Death, and Addiction

whitneygood11's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

One of the best books I’ve ever read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug use, and Chronic illness

storyale's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Gun violence, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Murder, and Sexual violence

The characters are believable, and if you have a soul and an open mind, you can empathize and understand without necessarily being in agreement.

lizama's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Alcohol, Gun violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Murder, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual content, and Addiction

bookclubwithbk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Medical trauma, Drug use, Death, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Murder, Chronic illness, Car accident, Grief, and Animal death

nikkib5's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective

4.25

 This book will be one you love or hate. If you are not mentally prepared, don't read it. I absolutely will be reading this one again at some point in the future. It was so well done and a great story that has good in the face of people who just don't want to be alive anymore. If you have the chance to listen to the audio version, do it. Full cast and well done! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Suicide