Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

53 reviews

sonevoe's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

many people ask

"well why wouldn’t they just run away" and for me this is the most important part of the story, poor creatures, they are made to die and nobody regards them as someone worth living, not even the very people who claim to fight for them

beautiful and tragic, all of the characters seemed unlovable and still i was rooting for them 

honestly didn’t understand the emphasis on sex…what was it for..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

avasbookmark's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

mattimacca's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual content

annie_brewer's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

3.5

(BASIC NOTES) Writing style is haphazard and diary-like which I found jarring sometimes, but the characters are intracately constructed. Plot is a bit jumpy which was sometimes confusing, but the ending which tied up meaning was beautiful and devastating...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Infertility and Sexual content

veposve's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cancer

maiahhtratchh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

I wouldn’t say this book is plot or character driven as much as it is thematically driven. The book is so mysterious throughout but I still feel at the end that there were no real insights made and nothing was resolved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse and Terminal illness

Minor: Infertility

maelikesbooks's review against another edition

5.0

Might stare at a wall and cry for the rest of the day

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Infertility, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Toxic friendship

cicadalove's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

4.25

a “science fiction” premise that goes largely unexplored in favor of detailing the myriad of ways you come to understand people through experiencing them through different moments- one of the more real novels when it comes to depecting humans and interpersonal relationships. the world is only as fleshed out as it needs to be to understand the characters, and to know them is a privilege even as they have very little to say. this act of knowing and remembering is posited as the way to dignify those deemed expendable or othered by society. reminded me how much i love living and the privilege of loving people for years & getting to Know and See them

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

eva_vva's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Infidelity, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

meanderingmodron's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content