Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

18 reviews

alicemorrison1029's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Cancer

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

while i liked the story being told from the perspective of the dog, some parts of this just made me uncomfortable. there were some really gross comments made about a young teen girl in this which just grossed me out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Sexual content, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, and Death

brie_fern's review

emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death

annelihghh's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, Animal death, Cancer, Classism, Pregnancy, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Chronic illness

saoreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

The writing was very casual and goofy-like. It somehow emitted the persona of a dog itself, something easy to process and simply defined. In the proceeding chapters, it was so infuriating and grief-inducing that it wanted you to lash out and scream at the world

how difficult it was for the love of your life to be taken away from him due to death, and in the process, even how close his child was due to custody.

It definitely is a book that taught me plenty. At first, I was unused to it and found it unfamiliar and surely unrelatable due to car and racing terminologies, yet how the narrator wishes to speak to its audience using those as metaphors made it indeed soothing to read and, I ugly cried.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Animal death, and Grief

annbanane's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Rape, and Terminal illness

Minor: Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Grief, Medical content, and Pregnancy

popiloey's review

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Grief and Death

Minor: Rape

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, and Cancer

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Classism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, and Vomit