Reviews tagging 'Death'

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

65 reviews

traa's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Classism, Racism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Sexual content

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Deportation, Ableism, and Cultural appropriation

bluedilly's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

He took only as much as he needed of something, and that was enough.

I read the first half utterly confused. I read the second half uncontrollably crying.

The doors of bland suburban houses now looked possible, outlined, pulsing—for behind any one of them could be hidden a bright and private glory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Sexism, Sexual content, Cursing, Child death, Misogyny, Grief, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Ableism, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape, Drug use, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Classism, and Infidelity

annaofjesup's review

emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Child death, Grief, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Medical content and Pregnancy

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Ableism, and Abortion

flavoredfaeman's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

chronicloser's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

oh what a pleasure it is to laugh this much, then cry an equal amount 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

lorenag5's review

challenging funny reflective fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Medical content, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Child death, and Alcohol

zara89's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

breauseph's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

My greatest hope is that readers believe this book. I've been working in digital media for ten years, and the accuracy and clear-sightedness with which Lockwood manages to portray what it's like to be a content creator, to be Extremely Online, was surreal, particularly in the moments when it felt like the narrator was scratching at the inside of her own skull, trying to figure out whether her thoughts were her own, trying to understand what a legacy means when THIS is what you do for a living. Also spookily accurate was the second half of the book, the effect of tragedy and real, breathing life on your thoughts, your sense of legacy. This was catharsis. I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Police brutality, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

From my perspective, this book does a good job of celebrating disability and difference. There is a key character with a serious genetic disorder who is cherished, admired, loved, and encouraged for exactly who she is.

deenmachine's review

emotional funny reflective sad medium-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

Absurd and bizarre, with unexpected depth. The descriptions of weird Internet culture, and the descriptions of a family pod experiencing shared loss and grief are both spot-on. Lockwood captures how it feels to be fully present in the bittersweet moments where you know you don't have long with someone. An absolutely unique book! Part 1 is strange and slow (which of course is by design) so stick it out to Part 2 if you're not feeling it yet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, and Death

Minor: Rape