Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

36 reviews

caseybottiger's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Medical content

Moderate: Self harm

trutiffany's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

COVID pandemic

moettel98's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Get ready to feel every feeling imaginable while reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

kmsander4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

3.5

This book is inherently beautiful. It took me on a journey - an adventure, really. The twist quite literally took my breath away and the pain Diana felt, I felt it too. 

The reason I can't give this a higher rating is the COVID of it all. It was too soon. Too soon to read about the tragedy, the loss, the loneliness. The hospitals, the refrigerated trucks, the death. Even though it was almost 3 years ago, we have not forgotten. I doubt we ever will.

Picoult is an incredible storyteller, but we all know that, that's why we pick up her stories over and over again. This just happens to be one that I probably won't pick up again. 

If you're okay with having COVID take over your fantasy world, then this might be for you. But for those looking for a bit more separation, I may skip this one. At least for now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Dementia

lauraleafromthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

This one was tough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Death of parent

karyan1's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

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

tgndcy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

i didn't feel super attached to the characters or interested in the story most of the time. parts of the story ran on a lot about the same thing. good plot and ending though.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Dementia

xiaolongbao's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Descriptions of front line medical workers and patients in NYC who did not survive the early COVID-19 pandemic

quixie's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The book felt rushed and bloated, but otherwise was a good read. It was relevant regarding the quarantine we all faced. I enjoyed the first 60% (until a little bit after the twist) then it started losing my interest. I didn't particularly like the characters. As someone who worked in a hospital as a physical therapy aide during Covid, I would say her descriptions are accurate, other than the fact a post-Covid patient just off a ventilator would take months to recover, not weeks.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, and Medical trauma