Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Taming 7 by Chloe Walsh

19 reviews

cwkhalil's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was so incredibly dark and traumatic, I don’t think I was prepared to read this book. Please read your trigger warnings. Beyond that, I really loved this story, I’ve been wanting to see what happens with these two for the last 4 books and I wasn’t disappointed. If you loved J&S and J&A, you’ll absolutely love G&C.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pedophilia, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Toxic friendship

clara01's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense slow-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

3.75

I really wanted to love this book but I was slightly disappointed with it. I found the constant mood changes in the book made it quite hard to read. One minute it's jokey and lightheaded and the next very depressing.

Surprisingly I didn't warm to Claire's character much, I think it's because there wasn't much to her other than her love for Gibsie. I thought Gibsie was written really well, he's such a complex character and it really came across. I was also disappointed with Lizzie's character, I really wanted to like and understand her but the constant bickering (and bullying) was just too much.
I think my favorite parts of the book were any time the Lynch siblings, Aiofe and Johnny were mentioned.

I wish the book had less filler chapters and got to the actual gritty part a lot sooner. It felt like reading a lot of silly chatter and Claire and Gibsie go round in circles on whether they should be together or not. Then around 100 pages to the end of the book a major incident is revealed. I think with certain topics there should be time to make sure it's covered properly and I don't think it was given that. It really threw me because I wasn't expecting it and then within a couple short chapters it had already been wrapped up and swept under the rug.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Death, Rape, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, Vomit, Blood, and Addiction

4iimee's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This wasn’t my favourite of the series and it would pain me to put it less than 4 stars because my heart broke in every way possible for Gibsie. BUT The story wasn’t what I expected for Claire and Gibsie - they deserved so much more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Death of parent

yeahok's review

slow-paced

3.75

This series is like the TV show Derry Girls,  but with super heavy topics. I mean really heavy and it just breaks your heart for these kids.  There were some laughs though and this book has a happy for now ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Child death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

readwithyesi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

reads_all_the_books's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Death of parent, Rape, and Bullying

mariaig's review

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

alinainayatullah's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

agggt_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Rape, and Death of parent

aimeereadsss's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This wasn’t my favourite of the series and it pains me to put it less than 4 stars but it is what it is. The story wasn’t what I expected for Claire and Gibsie - they deserved so much more 😭. 

I honestly despise Lizzie now. I never really connected with her but I felt like I needed to know her story. Now I just feel like she’s broken every thought I felt about her. 

Hmm. I found it really hard to rate this one. But I guess 3.75 is where I’m sitting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic friendship