Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Sorrow & Bliss by Meg Mason

6 reviews

heathergeorge's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Addiction

Moderate: Drug use and Abortion

Minor: Medical content and Cursing

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence, Domestic abuse, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Medical trauma, Self harm, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, and Abortion

lu_fer_merino's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

The story made me feel the despair and lack of hope of the main character, but for the few first pages (aprox the first 25-30 pages), the pace of the book was a bit confusing, so it was hard to keep reading. Nevertheless, after that, the book was particularly thrilling and oddly specific (in the good way) about a few descriptions and topics, this is what made me love this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Sexual violence

alexisgarcia's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

this was such an amazing portrayal of mental illness and the effect it has on the people around you. it just was a little slow and monotonous at points :/

the ending was amazing though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Alcohol, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief

bella_cavicchi's review

dark emotional funny reflective medium-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

4.5

When asked what my favorite genre is, I often respond by saying "slice-of-life" fiction. I kind of just want to hand them SORROW AND BLISS as a prime example of what I mean. A brilliant depiction of love and living and the ups and downs they entail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing

nialiversuch's review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse