Reviews tagging 'Death'

One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

31 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

I found this book on Libby's "Everyone Reads" program.  It was a beautiful and thoughtful book on trauma and the power to survive and forgive in order to move on with one's life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Rape, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide

peachmoni's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katharina90's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

A strong debut and a moving exploration of trauma and forgiveness. The style of writing really resonated with me and I was hooked from the first page. 

Felt like a love letter to poetry too which I enjoyed. What an interesting idea to have a character who only communicates in poems.

What didn't sit well with me was that no one really holds Birdie accountable for her abusive behaviors/actions. I understand why the author wrote it this way but I don't think it should be normalized. But maybe that's a me problem because this is very personal and triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Racism

fkshg8465's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

This book was extremely hard to read. I hated Sylvia more than I hated Birdie or even Daniel. I couldn’t fathom how Sara could even look at Jacob without roiling in disgust (meaning I know I couldn’t). So while is a beautiful story, it’s also far too unrealistic for my brain to grasp. Perhaps I’m less charitable than Sara. Perhaps Sara is more of an aspiration for the kind of heart I would like to have someday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

mob333's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Rape, Medical content, and Grief

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

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

oddsbodikins7's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

1.0

The writing is good, but holy moly the giant red flags in this book. Mental health issues, rape, legal issues, toxic relationships... Yikes doesn't even begin to describe it. A "mixed" but very white presenting rich boy rapes a local girl, he goes to trial and is convicted,  victim discovers she's pregnant and flees the state. She returns due to her father's health and finds he's been besties with the perp's brother. The brother then proceeds to tell many white lies to everyone regarding the child's existence, woos the victim and everyone is totally cool with all of this. 

NOPE. I'm not buying AT ALL that a rape victim would fall in love with the perp's brother. Or that all her PTSD would go away in one summer. Or that her family would be so cavalier about her safety and mental health. Or that this supposed "genius" child wouldn't catch on to anything. This is supposed to be a romantic story and the ICK is all over it. Finished, but barely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism