Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

371 reviews

americattt's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.25

“Like when Spotify plays a song you haven’t heard since childhood, and it reminds you who you are. Like “oh yeah, I’m a person who knows all the words to Will Smith’s ‘Wild Wild West’”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death

Minor: Car accident

withlivjones's review

emotional 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

3.75

This was a sweet, well-written read that you can tell was written with a lot of love. There was a good balance of light and shade, with bits of well-done humour and the main characters were so compelling (although a lot of the supporting characters were kind of written off as one-dimensional stereotypes imo). It didn’t completely blow me away the way I was expecting it to, considering the amount of people I’ve heard raving about it, but maybe my expectations were too high. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Racial slurs, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

tia_ta_mereads's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Self harm, and Chronic illness

tays_books's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cursing, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Addiction, Self harm, Chronic illness, and Drug use

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Child death, and Child abuse

Minor: Grief, Suicide, Gun violence, Vomit, and Sexual assault

bergha1998's review

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

I knew this book was going to be a 5 ⭐️ in the first 50 pages. There haven’t been many books I’ve read that the characters felt as human as Shane, Eva, and even Audre. The way their joys, agonies, and everything in between are described is nothing short of perfection. I will admit not a lot of “plot” happens in this book it’s all character development and reflection, but if you love that please read. I’m normally not a second chance romance lover, this one is perfection. 

Second Chance Romance, Trauma, 2 1/2 🔥

“You push stuff away that isn’t safe and obvious, Mom, but love isn’t safe and obvious. Love is risky. Take the risk, woman.”

“I’ve been roaming around forever, and I’ve never been anywhere I wasn’t itching to leave.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Suicide attempt

fleur____'s review against another edition

emotional reflective 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: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Drug use

Moderate: Abandonment, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Child abuse

zclayhubbard's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Self harm

brightlygrace's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Self harm

maria132's review

dark emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Blood and Child abuse

idekjessica's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Chronic illness, Addiction, and Alcoholism