Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

20 reviews

mandi4886's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual content, and Vomit

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness and Confinement

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Covid, Alzheimer's,

becksreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Like the best of her books, the author looks at separation during the beginning of the Covid pandemic with so many insights.  I loved the characters, the setting, and the plot.  You can't ask for much more than that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Jodi never disappoints. I know this and yet I am always surprised by the amount of research and attention to detail she uses when creating new books. Wish You Were Here is a beautiful and devastating story about life during the time of COVID. It made me feel all the things. It reminded me that even though many of the people in my life have moved on and no longer fear COVID, that there are other people in the world who are just as afraid as I am. Also, the twist in this book — will make you angry. Like, so, so angry. But the book still ends well. It’s worth the pain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

brookerachel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I thought I was ready to read a book about Covid. I read the first half and was like oh I’m good, this will be fine. But the second half… what?! Everyone kept saying there was a 1/2 way game changer and that is an UNDERSTATEMENT. Anyway, I was not ready for the second half and I will be testing my whole family now juuuuust in case. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, and Death of parent

rosiebethreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Self harm, Dementia, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

keirahelena_'s review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Self harm, Dementia, and Death of parent

A lot of detail of coronavirus and early stages of the pandemic

alavalle's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Medical trauma

eeenou's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Dementia and Grief

Minor: Infidelity