Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Christmas on the Island by Jenny Colgan

6 reviews

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

funny hopeful fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Pregnancy

tjazz's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Trigger warnings.
Hard read for someone who has both lost a loved one to cancer and lost a partner.  Also a lot for anyone who has experienced infertility or pregnancy loss. 
It was a good story. Just a lot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and War

cranewife's review against another edition

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Medical content, and Abandonment

jacquibear's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Abandonment

caitlinjadams's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

First order bit: this was less Christmasy than I had been hoping for and until I came to Goodreads/Storygraph, I didn’t realize it was third in a series (for which I blame Libby), so some of my complaints (such as that it took a long time to get a solid hold on the cast of characters) likely aren’t fair. I think it still holds that this was a book that felt like it was trying to be an ensemble tv show more than it was trying to be a book. Probably my biggest gripe is that for a book told in third person limited POV with so so many different characters serving as the limited POV in turn, I could never tell whose POV I was reading without the markers of literally naming the character by name. If only there had been as many narrative voices as there were POVs. Still. It was a nice enough winter read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

adel's review against another edition

funny sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Miscarriage

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Infertility, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, and Grief