Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

189 reviews

pikkumarja's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

En ole koskaan lukenut niin synkkää ja tunteellista nuorten kirjaa surusta ja menetyksestä kuin Välimatkoja on. Menetyksen ja surun lisäksi kirjassa käsitellään esimerkiksi yksinäisyyttä ja valheita. Kirja on monitasoinen.

Kuitenkin kirjassa on nuorten kirjoille tyypillistä toiveikkuutta, joka kyllä ilahduttaa aikuistakin!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood

aly97's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-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

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment

pizzaisjesus98's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

rachieanniereads's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide

yananhai's review against another edition

sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

booksoversecondbreakfast's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. It was so beautifully written. I had just finished reading Jane Eyre prior to reading this, and it was so well timed because of all of the references. I enjoyed the flashbacks and slowly uncovering the events of the main characters past as she processed them herself too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual assault and Abandonment

luxsona's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-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

4.0

Beautifully written. It sort of reminds me of the game, Omori, in that both novels tackle very similar themes about nostalgia and the past.

What I enjoyed most about this book:

• The voice: This book is written in first person, and almost every single word reveals something about Marin's character. 
• The pacing: Nina LaCour knows how to pace this book really well. There were moments where we see brief flits of emotion and description, but there were also incredibly tense moments that hooked me in throughout. I remembered standing up straighter throughout several moments.
• The characterization: This is a very character-centric book. The focus of this novel sits entirely within the characters and gets in their heads quite a fair bit, so life-like characters are vital. Fortunately, Marin, Mabel, and all of their friends and family feel incredibly life-like. You can understand what they go through throughout the entire novel.

Notes:

• (Spoilers for the ending of the novel!)
  The one thing that confused me just slightly was the ending. It felt like the novel was trying to emphasize this idea of "moving forward", and accepting the past. However, the novel ends with Marin accepting the idea of returning to Mabel's family home. This plot-beat feels slightly off-kilter when compared to the rest of the novel and the theming that it was going for. This is just a minor nitpick, though.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

kaywhiteley's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

skyecharmel's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I found this book at random at a bookstore and immediately put it on hold at my library. As someone who has been living in a space of grief for a good part of my life, I feel like this book is a great, poignant example of that. Each of the main characters has something they're grieving, and the ways each character handled it was well done and relatable. Would recommend to anyone who finds themselves in a similar space, although I urge caution for anyone in depressive episodes.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent