Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

109 reviews

emilymichiels's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

vanesst's review

emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nimeneth's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I'm settling on a 3.5 rating because I didn't love it. It dragged through the first third to half, and then only sped up because the structure went from covering several months to doing the highlights of several years. I spent half the book mad about Julia, or uneasy about her choices in relation to Alice. In the last third, though, that kind of went away. The ending was bittersweet but I do like how it tied the important things up while still leaving the reader free to imagine what might have come next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Suicide attempt

stephs_cozycorner's review against another edition

3.5

3.5 Stars ⭐️

I’m really not sure how I ultimately feel about this one. 

I know this has been very loved in the Booktok and Bookstagram worlds, so I’m offering an unpopular opinion here.   And it’s also why I hesitated and waited so long to read it. 

Ultimately I think I did enjoy this book.   But I didn’t really like it until about half way through.    

I don’t mind a good slow burn, but this one took a long time and I was finding I was losing interest quickly.  

I really liked the parallels to 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 and the complex relationship between William and the Padavano sisters, which is what I think kept me going. 

I listened to the audio and Maura Tierney did a fantastic job narrating.  

CW: depression, attempted suicide, abandonment, death of a child, terminal illness, grief, death of a parent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

emmabjones's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

Wow, she does it again. An absolutely amazing book that I can’t recommend enough. A beautiful homage to Little Women that follows the ups and downs of four sisters in Chicago. Heartbreaking, full of love and forgiveness, I could talk about this book for hours. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

libraratinglibros's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

shae_reads's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

4.0

Julia sucks a lot. I love Charlie and I see myself in William. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Pregnancy

lexcellent's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

kalagrace's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

If you want to be annoyed by every character in a story until the last 20% of the book, this is the one for you! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment