Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

22 reviews

paeten_'s review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Terminal illness, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

slucchesi06's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

theglobalhomebody's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

I was expecting a very different story going into this book, but I’m not necessarily disappointed. While I did feel some reactions to certain things were a little overdone, I thoroughly enjoyed the character development- maybe it wasn’t even “development” but more reveal of a certain characters depth of understanding and empathy when that’s not how most people know her. 
Not exactly a spoiler,  but be warned there is a character who develops a MN disease. As someone who is currently a caregiver for a spouse who has this exact diagnosis, it is always a bit triggering to have it pop up out of the blue so I wanted to let anyone else dealing with that know!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Terminal illness

amcghig's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

xlivinglikejen's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

mlejb's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity

readwithsabs's review against another edition

mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Murder

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

3.75

I really liked this book. It’s not at all like I thought it would be. It’s about love, acceptance, courage, compassion, and ambition from literally all angles. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

lwelch94's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol