Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

71 reviews

cheeseolive's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

pau_line's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

Nachdem ich das Buch schon vor einer ganzen Weile beendet habe, hier noch die Rezension:

Ich mochte das Buch echt gerne. Ich hatte tatsächlich ein bisschen was anderes erwartet und war positiv überrascht, wie viel Tiefgang das Buch hatte. 
Ich hätte mir mehr ennemies to lovers Anteil gewünscht, weil ich dem Buch nicht abnehmen konnte, dass die beiden Protagonistinnen sich nicht mögen. Sie sind einfach nur die ganze Zeit umeinander herumgeschlichen.
Ich mochte jedoch die Dynamik der beiden. Auch der Aufbau des Buchs hat mir ganz gut gefallen... es hätte mehr Chemisty ✨️ für mich persönlich sein können...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

farfetched's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book. I picked it up, thinking 'oh, a cute little sapphic romance, I'll read it then I'll be done with it'. I was fooled. In my defence, it was not really made clear from the outer cover that this cute little sapphic romance was going to tear me apart, in the best kind of way. This is a book about sapphic desire and romance. It is childhood friends to lovers. And it's fanatic at that. But it's also about grief, trauma, and learning to heal. Being there for someone when they need it. Leaning on people. 

This book genuinely blew me away. The writing is fantastic, the turns of phrase are great, I love the way it's structured, going between past and present and referencing things in ways that feel natural, rather than dropping hints. 

Fair to say, I will be keeping this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, and Infidelity

lilliee's review

challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

handove's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Medical content

ashcats's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

sea_sea's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I thought this was going to be a cute romcom, but it was so much sadder T-T… 
The book was still absolutely amazing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

martob's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

This was so far from what i expected this book to be, but also far better then i thought it could ever be! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

pau0704's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

volsungreads's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

I think this would be a fantastic book if it wasn't marketed and described as a fluffy sapphic romance. It's a good book but not at all what I thought it would be from the tone of the blurb and the cover. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail