Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

8 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? No

5.0

Best one of the series for me. Captured the COVID years pretty accurately.

Having gone through 9/11 and now being 23 years later, seeing kids grow up without it being taught in schools, seeing how those who know what it was but wasn’t there to experience it can only view it as a point in time, makes me think it’ll be the same for future generations regarding COVID and that this book could help them to grasp a sliver of a semblance of what that period was like for many of us.

I think the book also did a pretty good job of capturing the essence of conflict lots of mothers and daughters, the longing of our mothers to be closer and the distance daughters need to grow into their own stories.

I still think William isn’t good enough for Lucy, but he is certainly devoted to her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

fell4's review against another edition

medium-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? Yes

3.75

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS FICTION AND NOT A MEMOIR. LMAO. You would think after Daisy and the Six I would learn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

ncghammo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Grief

asienerbrown's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Cancer

geraldinerowe's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing sad medium-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

I've read all of the Lucy Barton books and while I've loved them while reading them, they've ultimately left me unsatisfied as they don't seem to have any particular direction. Not so Lucy by the Sea. I hope (and assume) another chapter is on the way as this book has left me worried about her. Elizabeth Strout is an absolute master at developing character. Everyone she writes about is complex, with both flaws and redeeming features. And that is the overriding theme of this book. It's not just about Lucy learning to live with her sometimes selfish and thoughtless, but often loving, ex-husband. It's also, in a similar vein, understanding those who have opposing views to her on Covid and President Trump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, and Police brutality

phoevincent's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

feebles640's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Dementia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

The book covers 2020/2021 and discusses current events in America at that time (covid 19, black lives matter, Trump, attack on capital)

reading_ladies_blog's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, and Pregnancy