Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

13 reviews

dangpascale's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol

kiwichill's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

atamano's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, and Medical content

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

em8ly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ekmook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism

sassyshark's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, and Abortion

freetobme's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

Moves along. Didn’t find a lot of things to ponder or that I wanted to write down. 

Didn’t seem consistent with Fred’s character or prior statements that he and Alice didn’t wait until they were married, especially considering the era. 

Parts were pretty predictable. Like the annulment.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

daphydil42's review

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

Graphic: Racism and Gaslighting

Moderate: Incest, Grief, and Pregnancy

bel017's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I loved the characters: such strong, amazing, but realistically drawn women.
The setting too, was so well rendered. What an awful time and place. I'm sure the beauty of the place was supposed to shine through, but the dirt and poverty and hardship, and knowing those kinds of things really happened there and still happen all over the world, and that we all benefit from the misery of others, was tough.

Several times I had to skip a page or two to avoid traumatising content

a woman being beaten, a dog being killed

But reading about the friendship and the women's determination was wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail