Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

119 reviews

k8lynn's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

4.5

loved this book. totally unexpected twist!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mgerbrandt's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Bullying and Suicide attempt

beaniebookcorner's review

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Death of parent

whateves99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

Well…. This book was AMAZING I learned A lot about face blindness and it kept my attention
and was HILARIOUS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing and Sexual content

_sarahroeder's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

rachellbc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

nataliebootlah's review against another edition

funny inspiring 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? No

4.0

 What a cute read! And not your typical romance, which I enjoyed. 

 

After minor brain surgery, Sadie Montgomery wakes up with face blindness. She can see faces—eyes, nose, mouth—but her brain struggles to recognize who is who. As a human, it’s horrifying. As an artist, it’s potentially career-ending, especially when you’ve landing a top spot in a prestigious photorealistic portrait contest. 

 

This feel-good fiction is about so much more than falling in love. It’s about growing up, finding independence, realizing asking for help isn’t the end of the world, learning to let go, dealing with medical battles, and being true to yourself. I won’t say that it was predictable (read the acknowledgments!), but the anticipation throughout the story was a fun ride. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying and Suicide attempt

kellirogue's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent

sharkyray's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-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

Emotional, warm (with some heavy trauma) read. I sped through it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent

literatehedgehog's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

Ah, contemporary romance. Where it is possible to both love a character and want to kick them in the pants. To want the character to find love, but also a therapist. Sadie is an imperfect heroine, to be sure. I think the audiobook narrator makes her...soliloquys more endearing than the whining they could be, especially when she's averring that she doesn't need help, doesn't ever ask for help (even though many of her actions contradict this??). She is a real navel-gazer of a self-absorbed person, clearly traumatized from a traumatizing adolescence, but dang did I want to shake her into recognizing  that the other people around her have feelings and experiences, too. And maybe she could ask them about their lives and feelings, sometimes. I have feelings about her, but that also shows some great writing: Sadie feels like someone I want to talk about over tea (literally? figuratively?).

So there is a plot twist, and even knowing there is a plot twist could be a spoiler, so read at your own risk. I figured out the reveal partway through, and it was actually still satisfying waiting for the penny to drop for Sadie, clues confirming my expectations. Again, very believable for her diagnosis and characterization! So oblivious, get it together girl.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent