Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

13 reviews

sclyndes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Torture, Eating disorder, Vomit, Pregnancy, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Cancer

heytherekaity's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy. Fucking. Shit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Suicide, Confinement, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Body horror, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

eveeneman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer, Kidnapping, and Vomit

krys_kilz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I picked up this thriller because I love Wrobel's other novel This Might Hurt. Darling Rose Gold didn't feel as strong to me. It was alright, but it was lacking the clever touches that made her other work really stand out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Kidnapping, and Vomit

ohhthehorrors's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Child abuse, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Stalking, Cancer, and Pregnancy

percys_panda_pillow_pet's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking, Blood, Suicide, Vomit, Cancer, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Minor: Toxic friendship, Medical content, Fatphobia, Drug use, and Cursing

binreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Bind date with a book!

I don’t know. I expected more. Especially with the tag line:

“Unfortunately for Patty, Rose Gold is no longer her weak little
darling.
And she's waited such a long time for her mother to come home.”

I figured this was based off of Gypsy Rose right when I got this book.

I guess where this story lacks is none of the craziness happens until the end? Which was a great twist ending don’t get me wrong. I felt like the book started off strong, middle felt lackluster and end was good.

Spoilers ahead!

okay so I got the vibe right away that either Rose Gold was gonna die or go missing or something for the fact that, her narrations took place in the past while Patty’s was in the future.

i kinda wish we got to be along side Rose while she was planning this whole thing out. The whole side story with Phil and Alex were kind of useless? I guess it gave us more sympathy for Rose but that was about it. 

And the Dad thing. I can imagine it’s be tough meeting a child you didn’t want years later but he was almost as bad as Patty! How you gonna find your daughter, say you want her in your life then drop her??? I did get upset when Rose starting lying about cancer but honestly can we even blame her? She has a mother who abused her and a father who even after meeting her, never wanted her. But I’m telling y’all it was that wife Kim who caused that rift between them. Gave me MAJOR Karen vibes. Never gave Rose a chance.

I also find it hard to believe that their newborn child goes missing and y’all don’t think to check up on the other child you abandoned….like not even once??? 

Patty was a crazy lunatic though. Even though she was correct that her daughter was up to something, but god damn girl right away she’s plotting and planning. I hated reading her chapters honestly I just wanted her to shut up.

Like mother like daughter. I hope Rose can get her teeth fixed and live her best life now? 😂🥴

Overall, a bit of a bore :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Body shaming

Minor: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Suicide

theloopyknot_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

By the time I was almost half way through I realized that I had read this before, they just changed the cover and the title. It was still worth the read though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

becksreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Suicide

Moderate: Cancer, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

carissa230's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.25

 Rose Gold Watts did not have a normal childhood. She was sick throughout her childhood; from vomiting, to being in a wheelchair. As a teen her mom goes to prison for intentionally making her sick.

The story is told in rotating perspectives of Rose Gold and her mother Patty. Rose Gold's story is told in the past perspective while Patty's story is told from the present perspective.

One problem I had with the book is the connection to the real life case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. The book borrowed heavily from the real case. I don't have a problem with that, however it feels like there is a judgment being cast on both parties. Maybe if they had changed the characters name to something further from the actual person's name it wouldn't have been so bad for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer and Vomit

Minor: Violence