Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

8 reviews

molroseh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer and Chronic illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Abortion

tairameadowcroft's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

bail33's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Misogyny

notbrhymes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I don’t know. The beginning was hard to get into. I was confused by choices made throughout most of the book. The ending was incredibly abrupt and semi ambiguous. I don’t like the cheating and lying that are constant throughout this novel, as well as the horribly sad recounting of CSA. But also I found the writing compelling (more so after the flashbacks, didn’t like those even though they did add to the narrative) and the story interesting as well. I just don’t know! 

Also, I think there should have been massive warning for the extreme levels of child sexual assault (CSA) depicted in this story. I had no idea that was where this was going when I started this book and it completely shocked me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Sexual harassment

skeinsinthestacks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

ciaracullen's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

kellee's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness