Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Crossing by Pajtim Statovci

4 reviews

emoryscott's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

Absolutely stunning. As a transgender person who has experienced similar traumas as the main character, I connected with this book deeply. It is a challenging read because of the depth of sorrow the protagonist faces, but it is also hauntingly beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, Cancer, Car accident, Hate crime, Mental illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Drug use, Excrement, Misogyny, Outing, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Racism, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Toxic friendship, War, Xenophobia, Dementia, Trafficking, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

nathaneal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

i feel weirdly connected to this book even tho i cannot point out a specific chapter, phrase, ect that i feel connected to. i loved reading it, but it took ages for me to finish it. i couldn’t deal with the constant time change, the constant change of the feelings i connected to the times the protagonist talked about. but i found the book weirdly comforting in some way i unfortunately cannot express.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Trafficking

fetterica's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Transphobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Trafficking and Alcoholism

marraskuu's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Transphobia