Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

58 reviews

elle_bright's review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

rlpdean's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

dua_liepard's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

roussette31's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

This book was highly emotional, but I really liked it. The romance in it was super cute, and the character development was so well done on both sides. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Suicidal thoughts

carliethompsonwriting's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

cnricochet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Infertility

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Classism

baileyt2424's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Classism

amissabellator's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Medical content, and Alcohol

The text follows Anna Sun - a woman who is diagnosed with autism with low-support needs - (and, to a lesser extent, Quan Diep - a man who has recently overcome personal illness (

testicular cancer

)) as they fall in love. This includes graphic depictions of sex and sex acts, in line with the previous installments in the series. However, this story also includes a family medical emergency storyline (

father is rendered immobile and requires full-care after a stroke

) and goes into detail about burnout, toxic families, and mental health struggles. It also talks about expectations, both physically (

Quan suffers anxiety about his genitals following his cancer surgeries

) and emotionally (

Anna is repeatedly misled/gaslighted about her life and her autism symptoms

).

micaelamariem's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I just finished this book in the airport and am sobbing. It was so emotional and dealt with so much tougher topics than Hoang’s previous romances, which I appreciated but was not emotionally ready for. Through it all, the main theme was about self-compassion, learning to say no, and learning we don’t need to be perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Excrement, Grief, and Death of parent

inthemoonforcheese's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment