Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

93 reviews

mills33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Sexual harassment

auroraaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

AAAAA READ THIS BOOK!!!!!! Lina and Ren had AMAZING chemistry throughout the whole book! Also, I loved the drama of that journal. I read this with my friend as a buddy read which made it more fun. So fun to talk about the book while reading it. ANYWAYS!! If you are looking for a fun YA book to read over the summer, I would recommend this ALL THE WAYYY!! Such a cute book. Only complaint is that it took about 110ish pages for me to really get into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

samdreckman's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

Very cute, easy read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Toxic relationship and Gaslighting

eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cancer, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

bella613's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.25

Really cute book and if I’d read it in middle school I probably would have given it 5 stars. Perfect for a light listen but very predictable and not much to it. I enjoyed it for that since that’s what I was looking for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

khymihr's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer and Sexual harassment

dai_renee410's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

katelynprice's review against another edition

3.5

Odette hating Italy is cringe. So is Lina pretending that Lorenzo isn’t cute. Very YA. Not a great love story, but I love a good family story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

speterson47's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Lina's mother has passed away, and her dying wish was that Lina go and spend time with her father in Italy. However, her mother left out a lot of the details and has never shared who her father was before. Now Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany with little more than her mother's diary and occasional phone calls with her best friend back home. Lina starts to get to know the joys of Italy by exploring them with Ren that she literally ran into on one of her first days.

An enjoyable romance with some interesting character development. Very much a light YA romance read with some heavier themes threaded throughout, but the grief of losing a parent is discussed. Most characters read as Caucasian American and Italian.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

gracie_gray's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy