Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes

12 reviews

cicizzy's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Female rage in book form

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

I really like how Moyes can handle heavy emotions sensitively, but can also delve into the ridiculous. Parts of this book were almost slapstick, and I was so here for it.

There's no getting away from it; the first half is pretty bleak, and the toxic masculinity is alive and well in an awful way. You know (or hope) that things are going to improve but for a while it feels like a drag getting to that point. Once Nisha and Sam's paths cross properly then the story gets really fun, and not a moment too soon.

My absolute favourite part of this book was seeing four completely different women come together and basically plan a heist. It's so much fun and pretty empowering. And the end manages not to be too predictable; there are touches that I didn't see coming, so even though it pretty much ends as expected, it is fun to see how we get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Death of parent

vireogirl's review

adventurous challenging funny inspiring lighthearted fast-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

Quite the mix-up! Hilarious at times. Interesting perspectives on people and real friendships. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

rachel101's review

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

trinloyd's review

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

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

melarareading's review

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

Minor: Toxic relationship and Suicide attempt

caitdonlew's review against another edition

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: Cancer, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming

dr_readmore_17's review

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: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Classism

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