Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult

7 reviews

krystyne88's review against another edition

• Too much info dropping. Lots of telling instead of showing
• Plot dragged too much
• Was not invested in the characters
• I felt throat punched with themes of death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

cwalden's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body shaming

am4man's review

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming and Bullying

princessdana36's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

satsukiq's review against another edition

lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Alcohol

heli1403's review

emotional informative mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

Jodi Picoult has done it again. I honestly thought I wouldn't like the book that much because it didn't sound like something I'd be interested in, but I enjoyed every minute because of her flawless writing and story. I waited a lot to get the book in my hands and did not regret it. Totally recommend this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Fatphobia and Pregnancy

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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

I had a bit of a tough time understanding time in this book, but based on the author’s descriptions of the concept of the multiverse and there being multiple planes of reality within which we and other versions of ourselves exist, I think it was meant to be a bit confounding. I loved the characters of this book and the way that Picoult talks about how love isn’t singular or static, how you can love more than one person at the same time, how you can not be with someone but still never fall out of love with them. I loved the conversations about death and how it should teach us something about life — they brought me some peace in my own grieving. This is the kind of book I wish I could experience again for the first time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma