Reviews tagging 'War'

An Island Christmas by Jenny Colgan

6 reviews

aspiereads33's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

3.0

There are inconsistencies with the previous books in the series which ruined it for me. And as a stand alone book it's pretty sad and depressing if you do t already know the series

very frustrating that mark and Marsha are childless when in the previous two books they said they couldn't adopt Joel because their children were too young

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: War

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

randisworld's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-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

I thought this was going to be more cozy than it was. It had some pretty strong themes, pretty serious. Not as cozy Christmas as I thought but still good. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, and War

Dealt with some pretty heavy themes for a Christmas book

angesquires's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Torture and War

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

jasmina1811's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: War

Minor: Miscarriage