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We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

5 reviews

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

3.5

this is such a raw and honest portrayal of grief and loss. just be sure to check content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Vomit, Grief, Medical content, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Cancer

abisnail564's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

A sad but funny story about friendship and grief. I felt very connected to the main character.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

growliegrl's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Laughing hysterically to sobbing to laughing to sobbing. This book is poignant and witty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Vomit

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