Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Ich gebe dir die Sonne by Jandy Nelson

60 reviews

amazelan's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, and Outing

katanai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

nice little plot twist, love the reconciliation & connection. very sweet & love how it deals w/ loss, anger, remorse & how to heal relationships. didn't enjoy the weird age gap between the twin sister & the brit guy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use

layla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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 was legitimately the best book i’ve ever read and i will probably be in a reading slump because of it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

cheesewater's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, and Outing

Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol

mollywill's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident and Outing

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

cescab_3's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

nenya's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

I read this book to come out of a reading slump and oh boi, did it help. I think I knew what I was getting into when I started it - turns out I was wrong, luckily I guess. It seems like a love story at first and it is, but not how you‘d imagine it to be. While the romantic relationships play an important part for the plot and are very well done but actually it is about the love between twins who lose and find each other several times over the years. It’s got some great life lessons, inspirations and is generally a very well rounded , enjoyable story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying and Homophobia

cepbreed's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHGH I CANNOT PUT MY LOVE FOR THIS BOOK INTO WORDS. I’m literally using every little neuron in my brain right now to type out these stupid sentences. These characters are so alive, I feel like I know and love them like a bestfriend. It’s like we’ve laughed and cried together and sending them off when I finished this book just crushed me. I wish I could read this forever, embed myself in the pages. I wish I could create art like this -writing or painting- but that means I haven’t learned shit from reading this. It doesn’t matter if I’m good, it doesn’t matter if I’m shit. I’m probably both at once. In the beginning I was so attached to Noah, I felt that he and I were too similar, then comes along Jude and it’s that same feeling a second time. Never have I felt like this twice in one book. It’s a quarter to one and I’m having a full blown crisis. Usually I assign a song to every book I finish but I don’t know anything that’ll sum up this experience (I STAND CORRECTED LOL)

Song: 

• Lost It to Trying - Son Lux 
• this is me trying - Taylor Swift 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Mental illness and Injury/Injury detail

the_book_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

Such an amazing book - and if you're on the fence about whether or not to pick it up, all I can say is this: READ. IT. I can promise you that there won't be any regrets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Outing, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

eurydice_books_09's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

When I first started this book, I had no motivation to read it and was kind of iffy about it (that might be cause I read it for my school read for the unit), but then toward the end once everything started connecting I was so interested and was getting like whiplash from it all. It was truly such a beautiful book and honestly still haven’t processed it all. I recommend it a lot, especially if you’ve dealt with Greif or loss of any kind, it truly gave me a wake up call a bit and made me feel more grateful for my brother. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent