Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

11 reviews

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

After reading You’d Be Home Now, I knew this was going to be just as good. Turned out it was better. This book was devastatingly beautiful. The characters were full of flaws, some more than others, every person just trying to stay alive the best they could. It was raw and reflective of so many people’s experiences. Beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

sing1133's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

moamos1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

autumnwhite's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

wiebkening's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kylienopper's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, and Death of parent

sheabug's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

r4v3ncl4w_93's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Infidelity

Minor: Cancer, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lucycjgray's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i did like this a lot however there were a couple of flaws and i literally haven’t been able to stop thinking about the topic of the book ever since bcos i thought i wasn’t easily triggered like a complete ignorant fucking idiot💀 (didn’t realise the content warnings are split into how graphic they r and it’s not letting me edit it 😭 - they’re not all graphic)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bookkissth's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Vomit, Medical content, and Medical trauma