Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

3 reviews

creativerunnings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

veronicachp's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Vomit

Moderate: Terminal illness

mandi4886's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Great writing and very detailed descriptions of life in poverty. I did find the ending to be a bit odd and lacking closure. I also found some of the details within this book to be unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Toxic friendship