Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

A Thousand Broken Pieces by Tillie Cole

36 reviews

annalenaslibrary's review against another edition

4.5

emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide

darc_a_gram's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I loved every broken piece of this book, just like the first one (a thousand boy kisses). I loved the characters and how they endured the stages of grief. Having been through grief myself, I found myself tearing up at multiple points on their journeys.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide

charlou_15's review against another edition

5.0

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicide

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt

rolo_17's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Car accident

tswartz91's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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

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This one is just as good as the first one. The first one made me bawl. This one made me cry. My heart hurt so bad for Cael. This is such an emotional read but I loved every second of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Car accident

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

levzies's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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3.99✨

Audiobook - Hoopla 
Dual narration

Grief • Dealing with Loss • Healing • YA Romance secondary 

Nothing can quite compare to Poppy & Rune’s story. Their tragic love, heartache and resilience coming to terms with a terminal illness just pulls at the heart but this book has its place too. 

Whilst it may be triggering for those who are in the midst of processing their own grief this may be really healing and helpful too. Their journey to healing along with the beautiful cultural traditions they experienced really opened my own eyes and brought comfort. Whilst the first half was a bit hard to get into and Caels aggressive repetitive attitude was polarizing the last 35% brings it all together. 

I adored that Poppy had left a journal for Savannah to help her heal when she was ready. Oh and the chapters with Rune’s surprise visit just made me teary.  

This book won’t be for everyone and I highly recommend reading the synopsis as this story is purely surrounded by grief. 

I will say it did take me a while to warm up to Cael, his narration was a tad distracting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness

Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Car accident

shaleen64's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful 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: No

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A heartbreaking but life-affirming young adult romance.

The book explores Savanna and Cael’s grief journey following the loss of their older siblings. Within a group they travel across the world to process and heal from their grief,

Whilst the romance itself is predictable, how each of the countries visited mirrors the stages of grief is well thought out and beautifully written. 

The links back to Poppy and Rune throughout the book made me the most emotional. The perfect book if you need a good cry but a happy ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent

taratheblissfulreader's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt

rashelltaelor's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mass/school shootings

Minor: Cancer, Death, Grief

elfolibroso's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Car accident

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent