Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

A Million Junes by Emily Henry

18 reviews

rustedguina's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Dementia, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide and Abandonment

lovetlr's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness and Dementia

reading_binosaur's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Romeo & Juliet meets Ghost Whisperer.

This was an amazing story filled with lessons in overcoming grief, generational trauma as well as discovering your first love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

spkysi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer and Dementia

moonytoast's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Violence

znvisser's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

This was my first magical realism in a while and it started off good: I was really invested, especially for the first half. Just a cute story, interesting build-up, and the magic was just mysterious enough to pull you in. Unfortunately in the second half the magic and memories derailed a bit for me and the previously well-outlined current day characters kind of fade away with it. It started to feel like a list of essential memories that makes the reader understand quickly what happened, but then you still have to sit through many more memories, while the two MCs are very slow in their understanding of it all and then finally there is a whole event where the past is literally spelled out, but it takes unnecessarily long by being buried in even more elaborate magic scenery (and unfortunately I am not a scenery type of reader). 

So unfortunately this story went a bit downhill for me but because I enjoyed the first half I was invested enough to continue; it didn’t completely ruin my experience but I would have preferred to stay closer to the earlier vibes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Blood, and Dementia

Minor: Animal death and Suicide

mollywill's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Dementia

klavanger's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I truly did not want to put this book down. Like I considered cancelling plans just to hunker down with this book. I found this book through Emily Henry’s contemporary romance, and while it may be quite different, it is absolutely excellent story telling.  It will fully punch you in the gut with emotion, I was not prepared. I found the perspective on grief to be incredibly compelling and accurate, which made for a more interesting and addictive story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness and Dementia

Minor: Animal death and Alcohol