Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Lo último que me dijo by Laura Dave

44 reviews

bookwitch's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Solid thriller. One of the fastest reads of the year for me, so much so I was able to squeeze in TWO extra "just for me" reads between my "required" reading.
Generally speaking, I had a perfectly fine time with this, but it was a book club read, so hashing it out with the group changed my opinion by just a little bit (that and watching the show immediately after finishing it). I don't think the story was super predictable, I was curious the whole time where it was going to go (and at no point did I really have THAT as the reason) BUT, there were some weaker parts too; the characters were not particularly loveable, I wasn't "rooting" for them per say, just more curious what the heck was going on. And the book club and I agreed that the ending was kind of unrealistic, and a bit of a copout. But regardless, not the worst thing I've read this year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Car accident

vannahcabana's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

This story is quite the mystery. I overall really enjoyed Laura Dave’s book. I wasn’t quite expecting the last couple chapters to happen the way they did so bonus points for that. I’m not a big mystery book fan, but this one kept my interest as it’s fairly fast paced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

_ingrah's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Murder, and Abandonment

ju_harue's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

1.0

Eu estava curiosa para ler, já que fez parte do clube da Reese Whiterspoon e ganhou o Goodreads de 2021 de Mistério e Thriller. Porém não foi uma leitura que me ganhou. Não consegui me conectar com os personagens, parecia que o tempo todo eu ia entendê-los mais, mas isso não ocorreu. O enredo em si, até achei interessante, mas o desenrolar me pareceu meio raso, até o final. Ainda assim, não é um livro péssimo, mas definitivamente não foi pra mim... ainda quero assistir a adaptação da série.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Death, Grief, and Car accident

thesquishyfrog's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

I found this book to be very hard to put down. I loved the plot and found it a good in between from a suspenseful thriller and a day to day fiction book about a family. 
Definitely worth a read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Grief

theasi's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Alcohol

jessthemess8112's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This was a fun weekend read. The pivots and twists were unexpected and fun to read. I found the ending to have a high self importance of self for the main character that wasn’t justified by the characters past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

leenzreadz's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Murder

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Classism