Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Brieven aan de duisternis by Brigid Kemmerer

42 reviews

dorkira's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt

hmbird's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This is my favorite book. I have emotionally connected with the characters and I love that it has made me so happy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Gore, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

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

fizzy_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Death of parent

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

sadiegenene25's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

This book makes me cry every time. I check it out from the library at least five times a year (I really should just buy it at this point) and it never fails to make me laugh, cry, everything in between. I love that the author lets her character grieve in a way that is messy and angry and not set on a timeline or constrained by any social status quo. These characters are not perfect, but they're so real and raw, and I like it better that way.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing

kbucheit's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

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, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

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

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

megs_baer's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

reading_phoenix's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent