Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish

4 reviews

teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-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

3.0

This book felt long and drawn out. But that might just be that 500+ page books aren't something I am drawn too. My mom highly recommended it. The writing was okay, nothing spectacular though. I felt no real interest in or connection to any of the characters. I did find the history interesting, which is something that kept me going with this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual violence, and Torture

tamara_joy's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Racism, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

atamano's review against another edition

mysterious 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: Homophobia, Sexism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

foreverinastory's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-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

Wow this was lovely. I definitely want to read more books like this or about Jewish History in general, especially ones not tied to WWII.

Rep: Elderly disabled female MC, American Jewish male PhD student MC, Refugee Jewish female MC, blind rabbi side character, gay jewish male side character, various other Jewish side characters, including Israeli side characters.

 CWs: Antisemitism, chronic illness, death, death of parents, homophobia and forced exile of gay side character, forced conversion to Christianity on threat of death, misogyny, public outing of gay character, religious bigotry, sexism, sexual content, murder of side character, terminal illness, violence, xenophobia, ableism, past mentions of torture, pregnancy of side character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Ableism, Torture, Murder, and Pregnancy