Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

21 reviews

leontyna's review against another edition

emotional sad

• 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? No

4.0

It was a really touching story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia

evermoremylove's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, and Death

lvjy's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

There is something so completely raw about this book that really caught me off guard. 

The way June talks about her uncle, and Toby to an extent, made me deeply uncomfortable but i’m willing to be a bit forgiving because i remember being fourteen and having a messy family where i didn’t get to see people for years and that was a weird time. but it’s definitely something that marked the book down for me. 

depiction of the aids crisis, however, and the way that it affected the people involved was beautiful in a terrible way. my heart breaks for those who we lost and whose stories have died with them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Incest, and Grief

relin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

It was interesting enough to finish, but I don't think this book was for me. I struggled with some of the ways that the relationships and characters were shown especially. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Classism, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Deportation, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Confinement, Alcohol, and Abandonment

rshisler's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

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

5.0

I felt this book with my whole heart. The author does a great job illustrating the inner voice of teenage June. I alternated between laughing, crying, and just loving each character in all their flaws.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

nat_montego's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

Heartbreakingly sad

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Alcohol

gondorgirl's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, and Grief

tarajoy90's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol

atamano's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Grief, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Alcohol, Drug use, and Medical content

micklesreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

This book was unbelievably good. Through June's eyes, I felt like I was a teenager again, when everything is changing and everything is life and death, except for June and Finn and Toby, it really is. This was an incredibly moving book that I'm going to be thinking about for a long long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Terminal illness, Grief, Alcohol, and Death