Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay

10 reviews

rachelly's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cancer, and Addiction

mandkips's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Cancer, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, and Bullying

rachelunabridged's review

reflective slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Cursing

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cancer and Bullying

woweewhoa's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

leanne_miron's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Cannibalism

ravenpuff's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Addiction

goodgollymissmollee's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

This book was not what I expected it to be and it was not for me. I loved the format, super cool and different, and the few pages of horror did scare me a bit. However, there weren’t very many of them and the book as a whole was extremely different from what I thought it was going to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Death of parent, Cancer, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship

ktdakotareads's review

dark sad slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cancer, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Drug use

theyellowbrickreader's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

Minor: Cancer

dreamdoughnut's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

I have torn through many of Tremblay’s other novels so I was eagerly awaiting the Pallbearers Club. It didn’t grip me in the same way. Most of his other novels are fast-paced, starring out the gate with horror. This one dragged.

I think my main issue is that Art is incredibly unlikeable. I love a narrator that is flawed and unreliable but ultimately you want to relate to that character. He was vulnerable but blamed everyone but himself for his problems. He reminded me of an ex of mine, so maybe that’s a personal problem.

It wasn’t the worst book I’ve read. It just wasn’t a nail-biter like Tremblay’s other novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness