Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho

7 reviews

avasbookmark's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and War

alliyyamo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative 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

4.0

This has me nostalgic for my friends that aren't currently in my orbit. Too real and ugh makes me feel old. Jane and Fiona felt very real to me and I'm sad I don't know what happens next in their lives.

I lack closure but it feels open like real life. The ending kind of felt rushed like we had this moment of almost confrontation that feels really out of nowhere and it happens in like the last 5 pages. Feels a bit too forced.

I wish it was a tad longer.

I feel like the last couple of decades of the characters were tiny glimpses that I didn't get to fully live in with the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cancer, Abortion, and Abandonment

Minor: Self harm

jaynovara's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Outing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

sholcomb's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.25

I loved the characters in this book, and the writing style had me captivated, but unfortunately it was just too rushed. The timeline was confusing sometimes and I couldn’t tell what had happened to get us to the point we were at, not enough was explained. Also sometimes there was too much focus on things that were never brought up again, rather than the actual friendship of Jane and Fiona. I would’ve loved if there was more time with them together, dealing with things, and more about their friendship as a whole, as well as more explanations of certain plot points. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol

eed8's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Suicide

collie98's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, and War

taylor_annotates's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Outing

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts