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The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

16 reviews

atamano's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

zombiezami's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

orizenda's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

I appreciate that Clover isn’t a perfect character. I really wanted her to end up with Sylvie but I knew that wouldn’t happen. Overall, a beautiful, enjoyable story about learning how to live life through death.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

blewballoon's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

There were a lot of things I liked about this book. I liked the reflections on death, grief, and different cultural and historical practices about those subjects. In some ways I could empathize with Clover, but sometimes I found her solitude strayed too far into rudeness and I had a harder time rooting for her. Mild spoilers:

More than half of the book is spent painting her as a lonely person who avoids people and risks, and reflecting on her memories of the past that are either bittersweet or just reminders of why she prefers not to engage with anyone. I wish more of the book had been showing her gradual emergence from her shell and embracing connections with people and the present. Instead, it felt like the book suffered from ending fatigue as it dealt with these changes briefly and sequentially in a montage-like way.

Heavy spoilers:

I was very glad she didn't end up with Sebastian, and that was refreshing. Hugo pops in suddenly being absolutely perfect, and that's fine, but I wish it hadn't been so sudden? A little too insta-lovey. I also like that the book didn't imply that getting with Hugo was the sole way to open up Clover's life, she had other things she wanted to do, and getting to know him was one of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

stepnic's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Abandonment

chelsealauren17's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Alcohol

May be difficult for healthcare workers who are still processing their experience with death during the height of the pandemic. Not in a negative way, this story did cause many memories of patients at end-of-life to resurface.