Reviews tagging 'Grief'

I Was Here by Gayle Forman

9 reviews

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

A decent book about suicide and grief, especially as compared to other books like it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault

jennswan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment

linaxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

sleep_walkers's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Very good short book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Grief, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

veskumelooni's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Sexual harassment

mia_stew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content

nick13's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-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

3.0

The only reason I even found out about this book was because a friend was reading it so I thought I'd try it out. overall it was pretty decent and I liked all of the characters mostly. Really, the only things that drag this book down to a three star is that the romance felt a little forced (not too bad though) and the suicide itself. See, when Cody's friend kills herself, everyone is so confused about why even though she goes into so much detail about how she would do it when asked. I think that in real life most people wouldn't be surprised that she killed herself (they would probably still be sad though). I also think that the fact that Cody was so dumbfounded when she

finds out her friend had depression and that was a main reason she killed herself by getting told by the friend's parents who weren't surprised about the suicide club on the internet Like, if you are best friends you should be able to tell something like that because it is so obvious. It doesn't help that the book basically tells you exactly why she did it through foreshadowing.

I'm not saying that things like this don't happen, it's just this one felt way too on the nose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Chronic illness and Sexual content

notreallyregan's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Yeah, I don’t know. I appreciated most of the commentary on mental health and suicide, but this book had so many random elements I don’t get. Harry Kang was the best character lol. 

  Why was there so much random vegan slander?? How did the MC end up sleeping with the same boy as her dead best friend and crying through the entire thing? That romance was weird, forced, and had no chemistry. Call me crazy, but I just don’t think a guy who truly is in love with you would get screwing you while you were CRYING. It would’ve been so much better if they were friends, had a slower burning romance, or just didn’t have the weird sex scene.

Still enjoyed the book, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

So this book deals heavily with grief and guilt. Cody is left alone after her best friend committed suicide. The whole aspect of the suicide support group is honestly disgusting thing that actually exists. Anyways I really liked Cody and her Anger and sadness and guilt. I also liked how she found friends. The romance part of this was fine. I’m a sucker for romance but I didn’t necessarily think it should have been involved in this story. Also I loved how Cody’s relationship with her mother grew.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief