Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Molokaʻi by Alan Brennert

16 reviews

alixcallender's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism, Transphobia, and War

feathers4bookmarks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I loved learning about the Island, as well as the history and complicated trajectory of the leprosy colony and it’s inhabitants. It was painfully sad at parts and had me in tears despite myself. Overall it got a little slow for me in the third quarter or so when it felt like the story had been told abs was feeling a little repetitive and drawn out. I appreciated the authors real life facts and journals he based the characters off of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Medical content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

dani_007's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Abandonment

Moderate: Death

3am_bookthoughts's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

niecierpek's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

An unexpected delight. 
A beautiful, traditionally linear novel spanning almost a hundred years of history of a leper colony on Moloka’i, one of the islands in the Hawaiian archipelago. 
This book was a complete surprise.  I had it on my shelf for ages, and if I had read what it was about, I forgot.  I picked it up as a summer read, and was utterly surprised by its subject matter, and very engaging, unsentimental and tactful treatment of the theme.  
I loved the main character, Rachel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Forced institutionalization