Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart by Margarita Montimore

37 reviews

browsingthebooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book takes you on an emotional journey that I wasn’t expecting, but somehow lands in a place that feels like a happy ending.
While I felt satisfied with the ending, I do agree with other reviewers who mentioned there were some things that felt as though they needed to be brought full circle which weren’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

There are two sex scenes in this book. The first, in particular, starts to get surprisingly detailed. I ended up skipping forward a bit in the audiobook. If you’d like to avoid it, the first happens after Oona’s second time jump when she’s in a club. It doesn’t affect the plot other than you just need to know it happened.

leontyna's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

For the idea alone this book deserves to be read, better yet it's really engaging. The time travel implications are as always weird to figure out but I think the book has enough plot and a message that make it not that important.
I'll definitely think about this one for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Racism and Transphobia

sherylkay's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident

Has descriptive sexual content

idesofmarch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Transphobia, Violence, and Car accident

hmih's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity

cumminsn's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Time shenanigans can be tough to get right in a story, but this tale does them fairly well. Jumping from one year to the next, the main character just as confused and surprised as the reader on where, and when, she was going to end up, always keeps you on your toes. The further in the story you get, the more times Oona experiences one of her birthday leaps, the harder the book is to put down. It is a very unique way to experience events, and how even the smallest of things from one point in Oona’s life make appearances in others, all the tie ins, every connection, was quite satisfying. There are twists, and they aren’t the most predictable either. If you’re looking for a tale in a sometimes modern, sometimes past, always mysterious setting but with a good bit of whimsy, can handle some high-highs along with low-lows, this one is a good read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia and Violence

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

5.0

 "You need to experience the lows along with the highs. Otherwise, you end up with a safe, sterile, painless life, and who wants that?"

I honestly wasn't expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did. Maybe it's because I am so close in age to Oona, but I really connected with her. I went for the ride right along with her, and just like in real life, that ride could get a little bumpy. But one thing it wasn't, was boring.

The audiobook narration was excellent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

gellyreads'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I really really enjoyed this book. I just felt like I wanted something a bit more? I didn't see all of the twists coming

(like Kenzie being her son)

, but that didn't make it feel less compelling. I felt like the letters she did or didn't leave for herself could've been done better or handled better? I felt like the writing around those seemed like an odd thing that the writer used just to try to make the plot happen. That being said, this book made me feel things and tear up, especially

when Madeline was dying.

Def a recommended read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and Abandonment

achay91's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism and Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia and Car accident