Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes

9 reviews

rachel101's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Bullying, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

trinloyd's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, Infertility, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

melarareading's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.25

Depressing to begin with, ending in predictable. This is not a romance. It is also not about friendship. It is an interesting book about a woman who accidentally takes someone else's shoes, ruined by the story of the woman who's shoes she takes. I can't even describe how awful I felt while reading this book, all the joy is completely missing until the 75% mark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Alcohol

Moderate: Classism, Grief, Death of parent, Body shaming, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Cancer, and Gaslighting

Minor: Toxic relationship and Suicide attempt

caitdonlew's review

funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Cancer

Minor: Body shaming

dr_readmore_17's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

Not my favorite from JoJo Moyes. I did like that it discussed the difficulties of being a woman regardless of social class and how it unites us all but the plot seemed to drag a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Death of parent

laheath's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

3.5

Seemingly simple premise that becomes more complicated by the personal and professional circumstances of the two main female characters. In the beginning, neither is all that likeable, but one evokes sympathy while the other is just rude. As we learn their backgrounds and meet the supporting characters, they both slowly begin to change for the better, but this seemed to be dragged out longer than necessary. I really enjoyed the developing friendships among the women from different backgrounds and some parts were very funny. After all that though, I felt the ending was somewhat rushed and had hoped for more detailed resolution for each of the women. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide attempt

mboard's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

I felt the book was funny and exciting at times but it dragged on a bit too long for my liking and the overall plot was pretty far fetched.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent

icieri's review against another edition

hopeful 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Classism, and Misogyny

rebeccarudisill's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Minor: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Death of parent

Phil deals with depression throughout the book