Reviews tagging 'Child death'

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

33 reviews

lucyatoz's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

"This is a love story...but not the love story you're expecting" and it really was. 

In Five Years is the story of Dannie Kohan who appears to have it all sorted with her life. She has the perfect fiancé, David, an investment fund manager, the perfect apartment, in New York City, the wonderful, yet flighty best friend, Bella, and the perfect job, as a corporate lawyer at a top firm. But does having it all mean that she is truly happy? Soon tragedy strikes and it is about to test the boundaries of her friendship, engagement and outlook on life.

This novel is an emotional read and really pulls at the heartstrings. It will make you laugh and cry, in equal measure.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Sexual content, and Cancer

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Cursing

maddyredfield_'s review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

The book was beautiful. I read it in one day and I have zero regrets. One of the best books I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Cancer

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Child death

butilikeit's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident, Infidelity, and Child death

read_with_riley's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

meg_heights's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Medical content

Minor: Child death

daybreakreads's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-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

2.0

I read the synopsis and it bought it might be similar to “The Midnight Library”. After getting about halfway through and realizing that wasn’t the case, I almost gave up on this entirely. I would say I didn’t like the first 75% of this book. The characters were flat and not very likable; you had a Type A Jewish lawyer nerd (seemed a bit stereotypical) and a carefree ditzy blonde dullard who lives entirely “in the moment” at the whims of daddy’s credit card. There were random details that didn’t make sense (I could’ve sworn early on David’s eyes were said to be brown, but later on it said they were green, and after it said Aaron had green eyes…)

The ending was a bit different than I anticipated. No major plot twists, but I thought it was ended nicely. 

Seemed a bit oversexualized for women in their 30s though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Pregnancy, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

marionlundqvist's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Cancer, Medical content, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Vomit, and Pregnancy

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Grief, Death, Cancer, and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Car accident, and Pregnancy

echokore's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Vomit

datskira's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Vomit, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Child death, and Car accident