Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Aos Perdidos, Com Amor by Brigid Kemmerer

6 reviews

chloek608's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I recommend this book if you like:
-Young Adult high school setting
-covering hard issues like bereavement and family problems
-unlikely friends

I loved how easy this book was to read. Chapters are short and at the start of each chapter is a letter or email to read which made it very hard to set down as I kept wanting to read more. I love books that include note type parts, texts and letters etc. 

There was a lot of character development and we dive head first into Juliet living with grief from her mum’s death. 

Declan has a lot going on in his life and his family have never been a supportive unit which has led to some bad decision making landing him in community service, mowing grass at the cemetery.
Declan starts anonymously writing letters to Juliet and they confide in each other like no-one else before. But they come close to figuring out who each other is.

The mystery with the possibility Declan was involved in Juliet’s mum’s death was intense and I was glad that the two incidents were separate. Juliet uncovered that her mum actually flew home days earlier, was involved in a long term cheating scandal all discovered by developing her mother’s film camera.

I wish there was more of a romance and that they had discovered each other earlier in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child death, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, and Suicide

sophiecatherine's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.0

Only four stars because it was definitely somewhat chaotic and had its lengths. Also, all the extra drama at the end was unnecessary and disgusting, ngl. But except for that, this was an enjoyable reading experience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Grief, War, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

psliz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

loved loved loved. had me fangirling and crying. just perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Car accident

Minor: Confinement, Ableism, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Child death

tammythree's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Self harm, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: War, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

terezar114's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book had me in the biggest chokehold and I read 300 in a day. Yes, that's a lot. It's inspiring i a way and it'll make you think about things differently once you finish it.

Duclan's backstory is the saddest thing ever. The way he experiences emotions through this books is so insane. I felt so bad for him so many times, I mean his parents were shitty and the way he saw himself and hinted of suicide sometimes was just heartbreaking. Juliett's mom made me want to rip the book apart, like what the hell was she thinking. Emotions are portrayed incredibly in this book. The plot itself is so unique and just cool that you are taken by it. I would have prefered if we saw more of the actual relationship between them than the last two pages or so.

Overall this book had me hooked and I definitely recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Violence, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

rearic's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Infidelity