Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly

10 reviews

curlyewe's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Ableism, and Cancer

h_berry0410's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Fatphobia

Minor: Sexism

pacific's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An incredible blend of fantasy realism. I Kill Giants is an incredibly touching experience that emotional moved me. I strongly recommend this to anyone looking to drown in their tears

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

noolesmooles's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.25

The way that this book slowly unfurls from the story of a young girl fighting imaginary challenges to very, very real ones is masterfully crafted. I found a couple of the frames difficult to see what was going on, especially in the beginning, but I soon got used to the style and flow of the layout. Really enjoyed this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Minor: Terminal illness, Self harm, Animal death, and Cancer

pmileham's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

Deserves all the praise it has received. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

lily1304's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

4.5

I love the story - Barbara is such a perfect little middle-school weirdo. And the art style is mesmerizing.

I love that I Kill Giants doesn't fit neatly into an age category, either. There are little things that would traditionally be "inappropriate" in a middle-grade novel, like Barbara's vulgar insults and the naked little sprites she sees.

The end is just a liiiiiittle too heavy-handed, but that's my only complaint.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, and Self harm

Minor: Lesbophobia

mydearwatsonbooks's review against another edition

4.25

Beautiful.  Absolutely beautiful.  Full review at https://mydearwatsonbooks.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/i-kill-giants/.

Trigger warnings (and spoiler alerts):  bullying, possible self-harm, sick/absent parents.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Cancer and Self harm

thegoldenwizard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Minor: Self harm

readerette's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Touching and accessible. It connected tenderly for this adult reader, and could easily translate the complexity of grief and the feeling of all the things we can't control, for many age groups.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Self harm, and Terminal illness

librarianmichelle's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

Reminded me of “A Monster Calls”. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Death