Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Afterlife by Julia Alvarez

12 reviews

michellebelle4's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Grief

hmbrokaw's review

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.25

Nuanced, maddening, lovesble characters. How to live and love in a way that honors those you love most and yourself at the same time? “It was broken. It’s beautiful.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, and Grief

maximauve's review

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Suicide, and Grief

amberinbookland's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Grief, Medical content, Suicide, and Mental illness

plantgal_jill's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Deportation, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Vomit, Medical content, and Police brutality

sammies_shelf's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicide and Deportation

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

This book wasn't really grabbing me at first, and I still didn't find it super exciting or interesting. The author seemed to be gesturing at big topics and important issues without really doing anything unique with them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Ableism, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Police brutality, Genocide, Colonisation, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Dementia, War, and Infidelity

Deportation

shellybelly's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Trafficking, Suicide, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

julianaisbooked's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Grief

casey_sunshine's review

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, and Death of parent