Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

12 reviews

jkeenereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Read based on recommendation from SIL.  
I found the subject disturbing but important to address, the ending anticlimactic, and the cursing heavier than I usually read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Rape

mirandalikesbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Enjoyed this a lot! It's a mystery that took me through a whole range of feelings about the narrator and her father. It also has some insightful commentary about privilege and abelism. 

In parts I felt like it could have used an edit. The main character used the word inane/inanity often enough that it was noticeable. I also thought some of the footnotes could have been cut. All in all though would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Rape, Terminal illness, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

rsagarin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Grief

skbat's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, and War

kristapeters's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Death

jaimc's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Bullying, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Car accident, and War

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

the more i think about this book, the less i like it. i think i like the premise and this was a book i couldn’t really put down. but the writing was definitely pretty clunky and the narrator was pretty irritating. there were a ton of aspects of the characters and plot that didn’t get flushed out. none of the characters felt well-rounded and almost all of them were incredibly unlikable.

also i hated the ending. i think it’s hard for authors to get away with an unresolved ending, and this one definitely did not get away with it. also i wasn’t willing to believe that they had no clue that Eugene could spell or have any intelligible thoughts at all. how do you spend all day and night with him without getting an inkling about it. at that point it just feels like blatant negligence and abuse. 

there were also so many parts of the plot that were convoluted and pretentious. idk, i did like a lot of this but there was also a lot that disappointed me too. also, i am BEGGING authors to stop putting covid in the background of their books when that is not apart of the main plot at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Cursing

kerrygetsliterary's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cursing, Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

Wow!  This is a hard book to rate.  By the end of it, I wanted to give it five stars, but at the beginning, I wasn't sure I would even finish it.  Compared to "Miracle Creek," this book is overly wordy.  I understand the artistic choice as the narrator is hyperlexic (I didn't even know that was a thing.)  It is like listening to a young adult/teen girl speak stream-of-consciousness.  Annoying and too much.  I think it would have been better if this book was from multiple points of view (like Miracle Creek.)  Then, we would have pauses/breaths between all of Mia's thoughts.

As the book went on, I became increasingly interested in the ongoing story of her non-speaking brother, Eugene.  Even though I have a son with ASD, I know very little about the world of non-speakers.  Learning about the progress of therapies since the turn of this century was fascinating.  The ramifications of trying to defend a child who can't tell their side of the story in our legal system were frightening.  And with all this, we still had the mystery of what happened to the father.

Reading the reviews, I can see that some people could not get past their dislike of Mia and her wordiness.  However, I'm glad I did.  I hope the author's next book will be a bit easier to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic