Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Igelkottens elegans by Muriel Barbery

8 reviews

quills4days's review against another edition

hopeful reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, and Terminal illness

rosalind's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Child death, Racism, and Cancer

camillarossi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infertility, and Alcohol

ayamaro's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Mental illness and Death

Minor: Sexual assault and Cancer

gabgon2597's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, Death, Cancer, and Suicide

Minor: Drug abuse

annafj's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Death, Cancer, Child death, and Addiction

orlagal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Car accident, and Cancer

georgiesutton's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

This style of book just isn’t for me. There is too much waffle between interesting commentary or events, although the second half of the book was better than the first half. Very nearly stopped after 100 pages of not a lot happening, but it was pleasant enough although far too reflective for me.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death, Cancer, Car accident, and Death