Reviews tagging 'Grief'

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

19 reviews

fragilelunar's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Murder and Grief

totallynotanerd's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

2.75

The first half of the book was going in one direction and then the author kinda abruptly changed directions for the second half. It didn't really seem like a natural progression of events - It happened a bit too fast I feel like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

aselin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child death, Suicide, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Eating disorder

calyps04's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

3.75

The first half of the book made me roll my eyes more times than I can count, but by the end of it, I found myself tearing up a couple times. As someone who has had the same black slug eating away at my insides for years, this book warmed my heart. I love that

both Aysel and Roman decided to live in the end. That could've taken a much darker turn otherwise.

Overall, a fast read and a dark but hopeful story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

smilinginthepictures's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

spoilers ahead I guess
TW of course for depression and suicide...
it felt relieving at first to read the story of someone struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts because I finally felt like someone understood. But then as the story went on, I felt like everything seemed too easy. It may be selfish from me because I know everyone's experience is different, but the way the book went seemed a bit cliché, a bit like the author wanted to write the story just to make people believe there are many other choices. And it's a great message, I just think that most of the time, the battle with depression is a lifelong one, not something that stops in three weeks because of only falling in love. So this representation seemed a bit too hopeful to me for it to feel real enough

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

depression

literally_mint's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

simplyv375's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

punkrockingnerd's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death and Murder

roseamillerg's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization