Reviews tagging 'Grief'

One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

29 reviews

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

thecandiegirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Cursing, Rape, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

meganpbennett's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.0

I found this as a "Together We Read" challenge on Libby, and decided to give it a try. It's not a genre I usually like, but I enjoyed the story. I found the ending to be rushed, but otherwise liked the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Grief, 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

arbramirez's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

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

chailady's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Gaslighting

swift_r10's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Terminal illness, and Grief

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