Reviews tagging Death

The Last Time We Say Goodbye, by Cynthia Hand

9 reviews

rayne_1906's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

Audiobook - 5 hours 18 minutes - I thought this was a good representation of teen suicide - it wasn't oversensationalised, and I liked how it wasn't caused by a simplistic list of reasons, like in other media I could name. The perspective of an older sister was interesting to read from, the way she blamed it on herself even though she didn't know the reason why her brother took his own life. However, there were some parts that fell a little flat to me - I wasn't too keen on the subplot with Sadie talking about ghosts. I was scared that the book would lean into this too much, bordering on paranormal, which impacted my enjoyment of the book somewhat, but I am glad that that wasn't the way it was written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Drug use

hannahwillacy's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death

dattk's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Infidelity

shannanigans92's review

emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Grief, Death, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

Minor: Cursing, Excrement, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, and Vomit

meryns's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

absolutely wrecked me, i’ve been a crying mess for the last 20 minutes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, and Grief

msaturnine's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Cursing, Child death, Blood, Alcohol, and Abandonment

jayoz15's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

Reading about grief is never easy to do. Sometimes it brings up feelings that you want to avoid. I think Cynthia Hand did a great job at showing Lex struggling with the death of her brother, and shows all the stages she goes through. As a reader, it was as if I was experiencing the same pain that she was. However, this is not rated higher for me just because it took so long to get into the story. I was probably 50% of the way into the book before it really got going for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Death

mghrt06's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, and Death

bookcaptivated'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent