Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

6 reviews

biobeetle's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Drug use

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Racism, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Vomit, Violence, Domestic abuse, Death, Grief, Drug use, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

eve81's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Police brutality, Child abuse, Racism, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

this book was beautiful and raw. such a great depiction of family dynamics and character development. i wish this was longer though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Colonisation, Drug use, Infidelity, Violence, Child death, and Police brutality

mairead_parade's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

A really beautiful story of inheritance, both of trauma and of dreams. Loved the voices of multiple people in the main character’s orbit telling his story as  they experienced it and how the author’s structural choices are rooted in the cultures he’s writing about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

ulogil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Medical content, Self harm, Chronic illness, Addiction, Vomit, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Colonisation, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt