Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

18 reviews

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

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Miscarriage and Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual content

sam_is_reading's review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-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? No

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Sexual assault 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

---

Content Warnings

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

lcg527's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Sexual content

becca_thegrimreader's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.5

Tugging on my heartstrings this story resonated with me. I was a little wary before starting it as I knew it was set in a hospice, and although it tugged on my heartstrings it had me sobbing and laughing in equal measure. 

Edi and Ash have been best friends from infancy through adulthood, they’ve seen each other through every milestone in life and are now facing the toughest one together. Edi is in palliative care and Ash is by her side every day supporting her through her last weeks. Ash reflects on a lifetime of friendship while also struggling through her grief. 

Centred around death, this book is inspiringly life affirming filled with love, compassion, and hilarity. Through the daily lives of these characters Newman shows us the beauty and wonderful side of life.  The characters are vibrant and lovable, though you may be left questioning some of the decisions Ash makes through the book. From Bella’s unusual statements to Honey’s unbounding love and care for his estranged wife, each character is original and special.
 
A love letter to friendship, this book will carry a special place in my heart. 

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House UK for the copy of this book. My review is honest and unbiased. 

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content

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

---

Content Warnings

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

untamedarchive's review against another edition

This book didn't capture my attention like I thought it would.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death

Minor: Miscarriage

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”. 

---

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