Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Eyes on Me by Sara Cate

5 reviews

s3vn's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Cancer

Minor: Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Toxic relationship

annahamburger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Incest, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Cancer

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Stalking

sarrie's review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

2.5

 Garrett was the most frustrating male lead I've read in a long time. I knew this one wasn't the best of the series so I went in with low expectations but he really strove to slide under that bar.
There was also a lot of weird shame, and lack of support for sex workers I think in the text? It felt less implicitly stated and more just assumptions and judgements. But it was never challenged and that felt very weird and uncomfortable, especially considering Mia is a sex worker.
Definitely not going to be my favorite in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

emilyreadstoomuch's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.75

i’m actually a little embarrassed by how much i enjoyed this. i will admit that the step sibling aspect was very odd and hard to wrap my head around at times, but it didn’t overshadow the relationship and connection i felt between the main characters. i had 0 expectations going into this bc of the dynamic given in the blurb, but the characters just blew me away. garrett’s issues remind me a lot of the shit i went through in high school. i liked mia a lot and i feel like she and garrett are genuinely really good for each other. and sometimes that’s hard to convey in a book that focuses on men’s mental illness. sara cate did it in a way that didn’t make me feel like mia was acting like a 35 year old man’s mother. they truly felt like partners.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Medical content and Terminal illness

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective 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

4.0

I couldn't put it down.  This author writes taboo stories well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Bullying, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Death of parent