Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

86 reviews

fernash's review against another edition

reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Child death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Pedophilia tag for mention in joke, no pedophilia actually occurs.

adilyn's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Child death

amacaroni33's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

My Sister's Keeper has been a longtime favorite of mine. With each reread I find new aspects of this story that resonate with me. It traverses an ethical dilemma that grips an entire family and raises questions about bodily autonomy and acts of service. At times it crushes my heart, other times it warms it, and other times it angers me. It makes me think about the unpredictability and fragility of life and ultimately makes me reexamine these issues as they arise in the lives of people around me. I want to put this book on my shelf and revisit it with new eyes 5 years from now, 10, 15, and so on to see if my perception of the Fitzgerald family changes over time. That level of emotion and thought is when you know a novel is good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

shahad_086's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Medical content

Moderate: Death and Car accident

manta_moony's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Really good story, could be a bit repetitive at times. The male characters had this annoying trait of of talking about women a bit weirdly but it’s easy to look past it. The main protagonist was very likeable and the multiple perspectives was done really well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Terminal illness, Child death, Cancer, Death, and Grief

garbche's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, and Cancer

claire_bear26's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

blankpageben's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

5.0

This book broke me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, and Child death

lynnem15's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Cancer

magazine_euphemism's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Car accident

Moderate: Terminal illness and Cancer