Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

30 reviews

ansfaiv's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Blood, Drug use, Drug abuse, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

childoflokii's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gaslighting, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

erma_z's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Cancer, and Chronic illness

bug_2's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, and Medical content

hannahrenae's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Car accident

phoebejane19's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief

danielle2121's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

aimeal815's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

3.0

I wouldn’t say I’m upset with this book, because I thought the story was really interesting, but I am definitely upset with aspects of it. I found it very difficult to read at times because I was having trouble sympathizing with a lot of the characters. It felt like some of the conflicts were very needless

such as the whole thing with Campbell and Julia

. I also found the ending incredibly upsetting. I know that that was the whole point, but it felt almost ridiculous.

It made me feel almost like I wasted my time following Anna’s whole story for it to just be thrown away at the end like that.

That being said, it was a very complex plot with a lot of complex characters, and I can appreciate that because that’s just how life is. It’s just that there were too many parts of it that I had trouble with in order to really love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Car accident, and Blood

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cursing, and Addiction

Minor: Excrement, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

thedandybrambler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

A truly, truly beautiful book that I believe will stay with me for a very long while

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Vomit, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Chronic illness, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Drug use

Minor: Suicide attempt and Car accident

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit