Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Brieven aan de duisternis by Brigid Kemmerer

10 reviews

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Deadnaming, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

pchamblee's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Abandonment

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

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

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

czoltak's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

5.0

Declan Murphy has my whole heart 💙💚💙

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity

tammythree's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse, Pregnancy, and War

terezar114's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad slow-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

4.25

This book had me in the biggest chokehold and I read 300 in a day. Yes, that's a lot. It's inspiring i a way and it'll make you think about things differently once you finish it.

Duclan's backstory is the saddest thing ever. The way he experiences emotions through this books is so insane. I felt so bad for him so many times, I mean his parents were shitty and the way he saw himself and hinted of suicide sometimes was just heartbreaking. Juliett's mom made me want to rip the book apart, like what the hell was she thinking. Emotions are portrayed incredibly in this book. The plot itself is so unique and just cool that you are taken by it. I would have prefered if we saw more of the actual relationship between them than the last two pages or so.

Overall this book had me hooked and I definitely recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

rearic's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy