Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

41 reviews

kitbruin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

Kinship. Family and devotion all wrapped up in a storyline following a fmc who makes a difficult selfless choice. Loved every minute. From the plot twists to the reveal. A refreshing read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment

jessicapinn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

cassellwrites's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

“‘We all have to make a choice,’ she said softly, ‘and it’s different for each of us. Yours will be different from mine.’”

Can we just agree that huge adult fiction hits are more than likely not going to be a hit with me? Can I admit that and stop trying to get myself to love the big titles in adult fiction? 

To be clear, I didn’t hate this book. Not at all. But this book confused the heck out of me. You see, there’s time travel but you can only travel through time three times. (I don’t make the rules here). June traveled through time once when she was a baby, once in 2023 (the plot line we see and follow) and then presumably twice more? NO. Just no. The whole passing through the door thing was explained to me multiple times in a variety of ways and it just never made sense to me in a way that I was able to look past and just enjoy the book. Honestly, this was my biggest hang up with the book. I didn’t understand how the time travel worked, especially when it seemed June broke the rules and traveled through time more than three times. I even had the “rules” of time travel (as it related to this book) explained to me multiple times and I’m not sure they made sense even once. 

I also felt very disjointed moving from one timeline to another one so quickly. It’s like we had all this beautiful character development in the 2023 storyline and then that just abruptly ended. What happened to June’s close friends in the 2023 storyline? Did they ever find out what really happened to her or were they left wondering how she disappeared into thin air? 

There were too many unanswered questions and plot lines that made it difficult for me to want to rate this book anything higher than 3 stars. I think for the right type of reader, this book will be the perfect read for them. Unfortunately, I am not that person. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

shlymiller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

emilywemily6's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

I think this book was just too slow for me. The time travel/family curse was interesting, and I generally liked the characters, but most of the "mystery" wasn't too mysterious and took forever for everything to be revealed in full. I anticipated most of the plot twists and just rarely felt excited to read this book. The time travel was a bit mind-bendy, which I appreciated, but the conclusion was also a little short on details. This had themes of slice-of-life and even a second chance romance, but neither of those were very compelling for me. Finally, the setting was so vague that this character could have been dropped into honestly any time period- I thought she was in the 80s for most of the book. I would have loved more historical details. The secrets kept throughout the book were a little frustrating too.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Suicide, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

doctadri44's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

kingrish's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

LOVED this!! I only took away points bc I felt the love story felt slightly rushed. Overall excellent read for those of us who love time travel and strong female leads!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Grief

otakatoe3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail