Reviews tagging 'Grief'

One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

29 reviews

cristineconey's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Suicide

marit_johnson's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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: Emotional abuse, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent

zikeyag's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was so good I could cry! 😩🥹 in fact I almost did. The author covered some tough topics, grief, trauma, forgiveness, just to name a few. The author really gave us all of Sara and much of Jacob. She allowed us into their minds so we could travel with them through their thought process. Sara and Jacob needed this summer in Savannah more than they could have imagined as it helped them in so many ways. 

I also enjoyed the supporting characters, Sylvia and Sara’s dad, Hosea. His verbal communication being only poems confused me in the beginning, but as the story went on I started to understand what he was communicating to everyone as if I was becoming a student too ☺️. & Sylvia ? Love her. She pushed Sara without forcing her. Gave her balance when she was teetering over the edge. 

Now Jacob, he had a lot to come to grips with as well. I applaud him for coming back to face it and challenge himself and not being scared of falling for Sara and her family. Sara’s family showed him what his family somewhat used to be and guided him back on the road to forgiveness. 

This book was a lot and I’m upset that I took so long to read it. I’m also grateful that my husband bought it for me, so I’ll forever have the physical copy to cherish. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape

bwithwings's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

Moderate: Cancer, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

teeslooseleaf's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Grief

chelle22's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Alcohol

soph_ship's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

2.5

Not sure how I feel about the premise. Feels icky at some points and quite unrealistic for most of it. Writing was fine.

Would absolutely never recommend to survivors of sexual assault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Rape, Suicide, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

larareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Violence and Car accident

snickademous's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Car accident, and Abortion

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