Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Five Hundred Miles From You by Jenny Colgan

11 reviews

linakats20's review against another edition

0.5

There were so many times I wanted to DNF this book but kept pushing through with the mindset of “it’s going to get better”… I can assure you, it never gets better. The writing style was bad, the plot was painfully slow, the characters were annoying, and it just never got better. I wish I had just DNF’d this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Medical content

kmdowling90's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Grief

Moderate: Addiction and Car accident

Minor: War

blessedbamboo's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Car accident

mrsfishreads'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? It's complicated

5.0

Absolutely beautiful, thoughtful book. I cried quite a few times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

laheath's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

This was my favorite book of the series!  There were more mentions of the characters from the previous 2 books, so while it could be read as a stand-alone, it was so much better because I had read the first 2 books.  Loveable characters with a sweet, long-distance romance and conflicts in their professional lives surrounded by a fun, supportive cast of secondary characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy

lgcpreads's review against another edition

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

4.5

I love JC’s stories and the way she includes characters from previous books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Medical trauma

violet_reads's review against another edition

 

The main character, Lissa, is still dealing with the trauma of witnessing the death of her ex's cousin while trying to convince the mother of said teen ( who is dealing with the trauma of losing her son) to donate his organs. She's a complete mess and I don't think she can consent to this in her state. I felt this was incredibly manipulative and definitely not Lissa's place to try and convince the mother that, it should have been other family there to help her with something traumatic like this.

  I couldn't keep reading after this happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

kcbatts's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy and War

shutupiamreading's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? No

5.0

After finishing this series, I can wholeheartedly say that Jenny Colgan is one of my new favorite authors. I want to give everyone in this book a big hug and live in this little town. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, and War

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

pollyhall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol