Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

4 reviews

obsessor_of_books's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Vomit, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Grief, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

ande13's review

challenging emotional sad 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? Yes

3.5

A little long, a little predictable (yes, even the ending), but overall a good read. It definitely raises a lot of good and difficult questions, even 20 years after it’s original publication. The author does a fantastic job of capturing what it’s like to love you family but still want to do what’s right for you - all the conflicting emotions but still feeling the burning love for the people around you. I would have given 4 stars, but I think there was some extra “stuff” that could have been excluded

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like the love story between Campbell and Julia and all their history…

but it didn’t totally distract from the main story, so I guess it’s kind of a wash. Just there to make the book longer imo.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Cancer, Addiction, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

erma_z's review

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Cancer, and Chronic illness

aimeal815's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

3.0

I wouldn’t say I’m upset with this book, because I thought the story was really interesting, but I am definitely upset with aspects of it. I found it very difficult to read at times because I was having trouble sympathizing with a lot of the characters. It felt like some of the conflicts were very needless

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such as the whole thing with Campbell and Julia

. I also found the ending incredibly upsetting. I know that that was the whole point, but it felt almost ridiculous.

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It made me feel almost like I wasted my time following Anna’s whole story for it to just be thrown away at the end like that.

That being said, it was a very complex plot with a lot of complex characters, and I can appreciate that because that’s just how life is. It’s just that there were too many parts of it that I had trouble with in order to really love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Car accident, and Blood

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cursing, and Addiction

Minor: Excrement, Alcohol, and Alcoholism