Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

J'aimerai tant que tu sois là by Jodi Picoult

6 reviews

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Confinement, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Classism, Death of parent, Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

Diana is a complex and reflective character. Despite doing some choice things throughout the book, her reflection and inner turmoil creates a space to forgive some of her poor decisions. Given that this book basically reflects current and still changing events, it was well written and clearly well researched. It flows with facts and anecdotes from real life experiences. It was a beautiful (if not slightly triggering) book about a fictional person experiencing the trauma of current events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Confinement, Dementia, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mandi4886's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infertility, Vomit, Homophobia, and Sexual content

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-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

Jodi never disappoints. I know this and yet I am always surprised by the amount of research and attention to detail she uses when creating new books. Wish You Were Here is a beautiful and devastating story about life during the time of COVID. It made me feel all the things. It reminded me that even though many of the people in my life have moved on and no longer fear COVID, that there are other people in the world who are just as afraid as I am. Also, the twist in this book — will make you angry. Like, so, so angry. But the book still ends well. It’s worth the pain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Infidelity, Self harm, Chronic illness, Classism, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Dementia, Lesbophobia, and Medical content

lpdx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Self harm

Moderate: Death, Grief, Blood, Suicide, Abandonment, Alcohol, Confinement, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity

desertmountainreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I was engrossed in every bit of this novel… my first pandemic book.  About halfway through, I said to myself, “this is too soon.”  However, in typical Jodi Picoult fashion, she took the story to a level above what you’d expect.  The author’s note at the end cemented why Jodi is one of the best there is and why her books always resonate so deeply.  And I understand why this book needed to arrive now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness