Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

9 reviews

fkshg8465's review

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

This is probably a helpful book to read if you know someone starting out in hospice care, especially if due to cancer, and you want to know what to expect as a caregiver. It tracked realistically based on my experience with my mom. I would’ve given it a higher rating if the relationship development between the two girlfriends had been stronger. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death, Grief, Cancer, and Alcoholism

laurataylor's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual content, and Death of parent

jackbifrost's review against another edition

sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol

jen_again's review against another edition

emotional funny 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: Terminal illness, Death, Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Miscarriage and Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual content

flowchelle's review

emotional funny sad fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Excrement, Sexual content, Death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Infidelity, and Medical content

bailey_the_bookworm's review

emotional funny inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.75

I laughed a lot and I cried a lot. This was a cathartic read in many ways—not a book I think I would have been able to enjoy a year or two ago, but one I think I read at the right time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cancer and Infidelity

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

bella_cavicchi's review

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I feel like all my reviews of the books I love say the same thing, but I suppose that's just a reflection of the sort of literature I adore: books that are so obviously loving and achingly human (!). WE ALL WANT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS has it all. If you have a friend in your life who you would do anything for, be prepared to tear up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical content, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infertility, and Infidelity

cait's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Excrement, Infertility, Medical trauma, Cancer, Death, Medical content, Vomit, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual content

thatswhatshanread's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A beautiful novel steeped in tender, fleeting moments and hilariously mundane plights, then coddled in sadness, laced with sentimental songs. “We All Want Impossible Things” refers to the desire for everyone you love to always be okay, to live forever, to never be in pain. We have a forty-something named Edi in hospice from cancer, her best friend Ash by her side since they were toddlers. They have such a strong friendship that beckons and calls from the pages. Every character was one I’d imagine I’d want there for me as well, if I was in Edi’s unfortunate position. They’re lovable and unapologetic. Newman does an astonishing job at writing about the regular day-to-day of Ash’s life with her teenage daughters and her various sexual exploits and her cats, alongside this heavy overhanging grief of her best friend dying. Everything reads so real that you can’t help but feel like another in the room, waiting for the inevitable or believing in the impossible.

I really loved this story. It was so poignant, so special. For those who connected with Terms of Endearment, The Worst Person in the World, Beginners, 50/50, Little Miss Sunshine, and “In Five Years”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug use, Excrement, Vomit, Alcohol, Cursing, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident