Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Island by Victoria Hislop

4 reviews

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I was shocked by how accurate the characters' interactions with each other were. It seems crazy to me that this author isn't Greek, and compiled all this information from simply research. Incredible. The translator obviously helped, but there is no way to translate something into a better story than it is, at least not to this degree. It did feel slightly "and they have a strange magical love in that magical country" at the end but I'll forgive it cause the story is that good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Deportation

martzi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

blueskies157's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Murder