Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Switch by Beth O'Leary

28 reviews

brittany_jean's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

I kept kinda waiting for something to happen. It does by the end, which earned the 4th star instead of just 3. It also made me really miss my grandma. All around a good book, albeit slower than my preferred pace. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity

froggybooks's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

i cried.

I LOVED THIS. I loved the story and writing styles and how funny it was and the characters. However, I struggled with reading this and it took a while to read. this is mainly bc of simply HOW many named characters there are, I was constantly getting confused and had to keep checking the x-ray on the kindle app. I felt like some of these characters didn’t need to be named but most of them i loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Gaslighting

cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

Really cute book. Loved the grandmother's storyline way more, but had small town Hallmark feel, but with a lot more depth. Recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gaslighting

bookrecsbyjess's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

beca_reads's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted

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

3.5

This book tells the story of Leena and her Grandmother Eileen swapping lives for six weeks, both need a break and choose to bark on this adventure. We see Leena move to the countryside where her Grandmother lives, and learns to fit into village life after living and working in London. Meanwhile Eileen has moved into Leena's apartment in London with her flatmates. Eileen tries online dating and going on adventures. Both Leena and Eileen are grieving for Carla, Leena's sister. Grief is woven into the storey beautifully, and the book still remains light in nature. Such a fun read to start the year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

phoevincent's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

rogueraden's review

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

It took me a while to get into the book, but the minute the plot starting picking up I couldn't put it down (literally, I fell asleep trying to finish it at 5am).

I loved both Eileen Cottons, the development they went through was adorable too. I loved the ending, though I wished we had more on Leena and her partner at the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Domestic abuse

marionlundqvist's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

awllnt's review

funny relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

sunflower_reads's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief