Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Le crépuscule et l'aube by Ken Follett

6 reviews

linda_wolf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

goldenlake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Xenophobia, Vomit, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Infertility, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

sramac's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

vibrantautumn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed the other books in this series, and this book was no exception, and no different. At all. The characters and plot were the same as in previous books. Nevertheless, I was hooked halfway through. I had hoped that this book wouldn’t feature women being raped, but of course that was there just like everything else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Terminal illness, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War

carolined's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

If you've ever read any Ken Follett you know how it goes, the heroes are well meaning, ambitious and hopelessly naive; the villains are ruthless and cunning and unbeatable until the very end. The author does a lot of research and makes sure the reader knows it, I enjoyed the details of everyday life much more than the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism

crystalmethany's review against another edition

emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility and Grief