Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

A Thousand Broken Pieces by Tillie Cole

15 reviews

emily_stapylton's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Complicated

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This book really hit me. I cried a few times. The way it deals with grief is amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness

Minor: Child death, Medical content, 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

vix4637's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

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Sobbed through the entire book. This is one of the rare occurrences where I reside more with the second book more than the first. Both were great, but Savannah and Cael just did it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Car accident

spazzcats's review against another edition

4.5

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: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

katelynndzindzio's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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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A beautiful second book that builds on the story from the first. 

A wonderful depiction of grief, love and growth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief

Minor: Child death, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent

Friends to lovers, deep grief,forced proximity, learning to find love

rachelburns2002's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

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4.75 ⭐️ I cannot lie to you I am still sobbing whilst writing this review. This is such a beautiful read, but please do be aware of the triggers and heartbreak that it does include 🤍 This duet has had me laughing, crying, smiling and honestly deeply thinking about life, friendships, relationships, grief, terminal illness and so many other topics. It has to be up there with my most tabbed books ever, because the amount of love, grief, sorrow and heartbreak in this book (and the first) is huge in the best ways possible. it really does get you thinking alongside the storyline of the more real life questions and thought provoking moments in life to consider and never take to granted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent

klmlee's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Cancer, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Medical content, Mass/school shootings

allieacereads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Car accident

marleyellise's review against another edition

3.25

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved the first book and found it really emotional. There was parts in this book that I teared up,  and one moment of complete sobbing, but I found all the times that Cael and Savannah spoke about how much they loved each other, and how beautiful she is, and how many tattoos he has a bit annoying. I get that love is a driver in these books, but there’s was a little bit annoying.. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Suicide, Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident

Minor: Homophobia