Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Sula by Toni Morrison

12 reviews

aducharme4's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Forced institutionalization

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

katkatniss's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

"A sleep deeper than the hospital drugs; deeper than the pits of plums, steadier than the condor's wing; more tranquil than the curve of eggs."

Finishing Sula is a mood. I have been emptied. I am dumbstruck, in awe, and lost, in the simplest and most beautiful way possible.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, Alcohol, and War

clemencepct's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, and Fire/Fire injury

ginameix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

michaelion's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.75

I almost dated a white person a few years back and, tell me, why was this their favorite book? 🤨 Like... they read this for comfort?!?!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Incest

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

shaleereads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

charleyroxy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness