Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud

21 reviews

moonchildjuli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia

bexh's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

radfordmanor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

phoevincent's review

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

natalieabigail's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Grief

sorcha_rosa'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

5.0

This book was beautiful. The writing was lush and emotional. It is impossible to me that these characters are not real people. This story was wonderfully told.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Blood

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

abigailp's review

emotional 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

4.0

"As you get older you will come to value the one or two people you have in your life that care. Really care." 
This book is a lot slower paced than what I prefer, which attenuated my enjoyment of Love After Love. Part 3 delivered on a satisfying and haunting conclusion. I greatly enjoyed the use of Trinidad dialect. I felt like I stepped right onto the island itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

lolita's review

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

tina94's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia

hannahmarierobbins's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Grief