Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Say You Swear by Meagan Brandy

40 reviews

lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional 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

This book made me so nervous but I loved it so much. Love triangles generally aren’t my thing but I don’t really consider this a true love triangle book because it’s pretty clear who should win out here. But I was still scared which way it would go 

What a beautifully emotional book. The emotions really sneak up on you because from the beginning you assume you’re getting another new adult college romance (not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’d enjoy that too) but then it moves far beyond that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

lilhappyhermit's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book had me feeling every emotion under the sun. I went from kicking my feet like a school girl, to screaming at the book, to bawling my eyes out. Following Ari as she navigates letting go and finding herself again was a beautifully raw experience. In this self discovery journey, she finds Noah. What starts off as a friendship, blossoms into love. Noah shows her what it is like to be chosen and to be truly loved. While their relationship grows, Chase realizes where he went wrong and tries to win Ari back. This causes tension across the board and while this tension builds, circumstances worsen. I was a snotty mess by the end of this, but the tears were well worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

bookish_reese's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

The beginning of the book was really nice and I felt it flowed pretty well. Once I got to the twist it gave I felt a bit of whiplash from the different tropes added in it towards the end that I wasn’t expecting. There aren’t any trigger or content warnings but there are some events that could be potentially triggering towards maybe the last 65-70% of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

kailynpaig's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

folded_between_pages_of_books's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

nattyclibrary's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

carolinereadsalot's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Must read!! So freaking good!! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

shaykay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

3.5

I was curious about this book but didn’t know what it was about. I just knew that the author was going to be at Sweetgrass. She has a special edition of this book that will be at Sweetgrass, and it’s gorgeous, but I didn’t want to buy it without reading it first to know if it was something I’d like to reread. Looking back, I think going blind is the best way to go because I couldn’t stop trying to figure things out the whole time I thought. Ari’s story was going to end one way. Still, the next, I thought we were shifting into something completely different. Then, finally, I’d go back to thinking that her story was moving back to the original plan. It was crazy, but it is a very emotional story. Ari, her twin brother, and their three best friends are starting college. At the beginning of this book, something happens during their last big party before school starts, and Ari withdraws from everything. So, for the majority of the book, we see her struggling with what happened, coming to terms with it, and eventually moving on. But of course, things can’t just end happily and efficiently; we have to have some more turmoil, which was just wild. I enjoyed the book overall, but I struggled hard at the beginning because I felt I was missing something. We meet a ton of people at the beginning of this book, and it just kept feeling like I should’ve known who these people are, but this book is a standalone, so I don’t know where they come from. So, I think I personally just missed a book somewhere. Although I enjoyed this book overall, I don’t see myself rereading it, so I’m not going to buy the beautiful edition because I need to be a little pickier about which books, I believe, since there will be so many people there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Abandonment

andycob's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

culzean's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail