Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

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

magicsarah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

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

krimor's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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

5.0

I didn't know this book had a COVID storyline and I'm glad I didn't know that. I wouldn't have read it then. No one wants to read about the pandemic or quarantine. We lived it. Yet somehow,  this book just changed my whole perspective on the pandemic. Quarantine gave us a new outlook on life. The pandemic changed our lives in many bad ways, but also good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Pandemic/Epidemic

melanieripple's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Death, Grief, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Xenophobia and Terminal illness

chailady's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I honestly loved this book. I was so engaged and loving her trip to the Galápagos Islands.  But what a twist! It’s the first Covid related book that I’ve read and I felt the research and fear Picoult was accurate.  I have a dear friend and his wife who were stranded in Peru, on their way to Machu Picchu. They posted the struggles: finding food, being safe, no traveling, and how get home. It was very alike to the descriptions used by Picoult.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Self harm