Reviews tagging 'Child death'

One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

24 reviews

onlinesah's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

savanna_coleman's review

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

readsbyrach's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abortion

lmcarr0314's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

This book is very conflicting for me. I have no other rating except 2.5/5. This books covers a very serious topic in the world and I almost put it down at somepoint, because it was almost to much for me.  I only can say I am conflicted on how I feel about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy

au_conn1's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

books_after_bedtime's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Rape, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Death, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

natalie027's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

In terms of content warnings and major themes, I think the summary gives a very good picture of what to expect. I think the romance developed slowly enough that I could kind of buy it, but in theory it still feels weird. On the bright side,

the narrative and the characters NEVER shy away from how “complicated” (no one says f*cked up, but that’s the general vibe) the situation and romance is. So I appreciated that it wasn’t just brushed over as “yeah it’s fine,” even if I wasn’t personally on board.

I didn’t love the repetitiveness of the writing style. “As an astrophysicist, I know x.” Sara’s father speaking entirely in poems was a really cool idea - until the meaning was “translated” after everything he said (“my father was telling me y”). 

It was a decent story. Definitely a tear jerker. I don’t know if I would recommend it, but it didn’t feel like a waste of time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Car accident

kenbuggy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

bookishvanessa's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

One Summer in Savannah follows Sara, a woman who was raped as a teen and ended up pregnant as a result. After returning to her hometown eight years following the assault, she finds herself in close proximity to the identical twin brother of her rapist. The two begin to bond over their history and current situations, and what follows is a story of forgiveness, love, and trust.

I had to suspend some disbelief about the plot, but aside from that I enjoyed the story as a whole. I will say that there is a character who speaks entirely in poems, so that took me out of the story a bit, as analyzing poetry is not my thing. The writing was solid and the themes were quite thought provoking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

mamaofperfectpayton's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense 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

5.0

*READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING THIS BOOK* I love the depth and detail of this layered story. The two point of views were well done. I couldn’t put the book down. However, there are a TON of difficult topics covered in this book, so please beware.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death and Suicide