Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace

18 reviews

ellecam's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

i finished this book in 24 hours, could not put it down. thought for the first half it was definitely going to be 5 stars from me, but i’ve seen other reviews say they felt towards the end it fell a bit flat and i agree. also TW:

elder abuse, couldn’t find the right trigger warning tag.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Grief

Minor: Dementia and Suicide

uranaishi's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal death, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Ableism, Drug abuse, and Racism

breanneporter's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

So fun, I really enjoyed this novel. It follows Claire, a fairly textbook psychopath who enjoys murdering those who wrong her, as she makes a fresh kill in the wake of her beloved father’s death and sets off a chain of reactions that threaten to get her caught. There are several flashback chapters to when she was a little girl and much of the novel is set in a grief group. It is darkly funny and entertaining, with several surprises along the way. Claire is funny and terrible and such a fun narrator — I sped through this one in just a few days, and I’m grateful to it for getting me out of a reading slump. I would absolutely read this author again and recommend for folks looking for a dark comedy thriller! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Death of parent, Blood, Dementia, and Kidnapping

bmulford's review

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Death of parent, Suicide, Confinement, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts

gawdz0rz's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

claire doesn’t have much of a personality beyond hating everyone, and literally every other character is empty and unlikeable. the advertised (dry) humor in the book isn’t really there, either, but instead feels extremely underwhelming and is presented as the internal monologue of a clearly neurodivergent person, but i did exhale through my nose a few times, if that counts. the story was pretty unique in an american psycho/dexter kind of way with a lot of good twists, so it has that going for it. 

i dunno, i had much higher hopes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Racism, Death of parent, Animal death, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

cleiva21's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Addiction, Confinement, Dementia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Infertility

bookishvampiratelycan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Death

sheebsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Grief, Gore, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Drug use, Stalking, Self harm, and Addiction

jacpey's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

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

4.5

Love the way it brilliantly ties everything together by the end. Gives Joe Goldberg vibes. She's cold, insane, and hilarious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Dementia, Murder, Confinement, and Grief

abbiebonnyman's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Murder, Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Death, Child abuse, Suicide, Gore, Body horror, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction